It just gets better for Floyd Mayweather Jr. Last week he got an avalanche of bad press when he ranted on UStream about Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather said Pacman used "power pellets" and call him a "little yellow chump". He also mocked on the Filipino by using some stereotypical Japanese and Korean slurs. Huh? Yesterday provided another "huh?" moment when it leaked that Las Vegas Metro Police were looking for Mayweather after a possible domestic violence incident on Thursday morning.
Today, he was arrested but the charge was for grand larceny. Mayweather was booked and then released on $3,000 bail. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been arrested and booked on charges of grand larceny related to Thursday's domestic violence incident with an ex-girlfriend, Las Vegas police confirmed Friday.
He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center about 10:45 a.m., police said. The charge stems from personal items Mayweather took from ex-girlfriend Josie Harris' house Thursday morning, including her cell phone.
There were widespread reports that Mayweather was being sought for questioning over an alleged fracas at the home of Josie Harris. He wasn't charged with domestic violence but that may only be because of a technicality.
Police have not arrested Mayweather for misdemeanor domestic violence because an arrest must be made within 24 hours of the crime. After that, the case must be submitted to the district attorney's office for review. Capt. Brett Zimmerman, who oversees the Crimes Against Youth and Family Bureau, said police will submit their case to prosecutors.
Mayweather voluntarily met with the police around 9 a.m. PT. His lawyer Richard Wright says Harris is just missing her cellphone.
"Josie can't find her iPhone," Wright said. "We're attempting to find it or replace it. He did not commit grand larceny. We expect that to be resolved."
Harris has taken it more seriously filing a temporary protection order.
Harris said Mayweather punched her in the head, pulled her hair and tried to break her arm after entering her home as she slept. Harris said Mayweather "let himself in" to her home in the 3800 block of Tropical Vine Street at about 2 a.m. and began searching through her belongings.
Harris says it stems from Mayweather being incensed over her dating habits.
After she confronted Mayweather, he accused her of dating another man, she wrote in the report.
"He would 'have me and my guy friend taken care of,'" she said Mayweather told her.
Harris called Las Vegas police and officers escorted Mayweather from the home about 3 a.m., she said.
Several hours later, Mayweather returned to the home, knocked on their son's bedroom door and asked to be let in. Harris, who was sleeping on a couch, woke to find Mayweather standing over her, she said. Mayweather pulled her off the couch and began assaulting her in front of their children, she said. Harris said she told the children to call 911 or run outside to get help, but Mayweather said "if they ran or tried to call the police he would beat them the same way," she said.
Mayweather followed the children outside and Harris fled to the garage, she said. Mayweather yelled he was going to kill Harris and her boyfriend and "make sure we are taken care of," she wrote. He then drove away in his car.
Police were called to her home a week ago when Mayweather and made similar threats. There is a long history with Mayweather and the women. She accused the boxer of domestic violence in 2003. She eventually recanted the story saying she lied. Mayweather had been charged with a felony in that DV case because it was his third in seven years.
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