The plot thickens for Floyd Mayweather Jr. and so do his legal woes. Boxing's biggest draw was accused of domestic violence last week by the mother of three of his children. Josie Harris claimed that Mayweather roughed her up, threatened her children and stole some items from her house. According to the Las Vegas Sun, after a short investigation by Las Vegas Metro Police, he's been charged: Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been formally charged with eight crimes -- four felonies and four misdemeanors -- after allegedly beating his ex-girlfriend and stealing her cell phone during an argument in front of their three children last week.
Mayweather was charged with two counts of coercion, one count of robbery and one count of grand larceny, all felonies; and one count of battery domestic violence and three counts of harassment, which are misdemeanors, according to a criminal complaint filed in Clark County.
The coercion counts stem from Mayweather allegedly threatening to "beat" two of his children if they called 911 or left the house, according to the complaint.
Mayweather's 10-year-old son Koraun told police that he witnessed his father "on his mother and was hitting and kicking her." He also said he was temporarily kept from leaving the home. From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Koraun told police he tried to run from the house but was blocked at the door by James McNair, a Mayweather associate.
The boy escaped through a back door, where he jumped a security gate and contacted a security guard, the report said.
Koraun reported that Mayweather also took his and his brother's cell phones.
Trouble began brewing around 2:30 a.m. PT after Harris returned from an evening of bowling, according to the Review-Journal:
Mayweather gave one of his sons an iPhone as a gift and gave Harris $200 to put under his daughter's pillow for the tooth fairy, the report said.
The ex-couple argued about the tidiness of the home, and Mayweather confronted her about a man she'd been with that night, the report said.
As the argument escalated, Harris called police about 3 a.m. and asked that Mayweather be removed from the premises. When officers arrived, Mayweather told police he owned the house and wanted her evicted. Officers explained the eviction process to the boxer, and he left, the report said.
The boxer returned to the home at 5 a.m. and Harris woke up with Mayweather standing over her reading text messages from her phone, the Review-Journal reported.
Mayweather is due in court on Nov. 9.
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