<cite>Associated Press
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LAS VEGAS -- Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was hit Thursday
with three more felony charges in a domestic violence case that already
had him facing a theft charge.
Clark County District Attorney
David Roger significantly raised the ante in the case alleging that
Mayweather hit and threatened the life of his ex-girlfriend, Josie
Harris, and threatened to beat two of their children during a pre-dawn
argument at the woman's home a week ago.
Mayweather, 33, is one of
boxing's most recognizable figures, with a record of 41-0 and 25
knockouts. The welterweight goes by the nickname "Money" and earned more
than $20 million in May in one fight in Las Vegas against "Sugar" Shane
Mosley
Mayweather remained free on $3,000 bail pending
arraignment Nov. 9 following his arrest last Friday on a felony grand
larceny charge.
Authorities alleged he took cell phones belonging
to Harris and two of their children following the altercation. That
felony charge carries a possible sentence of five years.
The new
criminal complaint filed Thursday added two felony coercion and one
felony robbery charge along with one misdemeanor domestic battery and
three misdemeanor harassment charges.
Convictions on all eight
charges would increase the possible penalty Mayweather could face if
convicted of all charges to 34 years.
Mayweather's lawyer, Richard Wright, told The Associated Press he hadn't seen the new complaint and declined immediate comment.
Wright has previously denied wrongdoing on Mayweather's behalf.
Police
initially labeled the scuffle with Harris a domestic battery case after
she told police Mayweather was angry about her relationship with
another man when he confronted her at the Las Vegas home where Harris
and the children live.
Mayweather wanted to evict her from the house, which he owns, Harris said.
The
new charges name the couple's 10-year-old and 9-year-old sons as
victims of coercion, for alleged threats to beat them if they called 911
or left the apartment during the scuffle.
Under Nevada law, coercion is when a person compels or forces someone to do something they have a legal right to do.
The
harassment charges allege that Mayweather threatened Harris and the two
children, and the battery charge alleges Mayweather grabbed Harris by
her hair, hit her and twisted her arm.
The couple had three
children, now ages 7 to 10, during what Harris characterized for
authorities as a 15-year relationship. She said she lived with
Mayweather for seven years before separating in May.
Mayweather
also made headlines earlier this month with an online video laced with
expletives and racial rants against boxing rival Manny Pacquiao
It's nothing new from Mayweather
In 2004, Mayweather was convicted
on two counts of battery for punching two women at a Las Vegas
nightclub the previous year. He was given suspended prison sentences,
$1,000 in fines and ordered to complete impulse control counseling.
Mayweather in 2002 pleaded guilty to two counts of domestic violence
in one case and battery in another. In 2005, a jury acquitted him of a
third domestic violence charge, a felony, after his accuser changed her
story. He reportedly was convicted of battery in his hometown of Grand
Rapids, Mich., and he has also been the subject of civil lawsuits
accusing him of battery.</span>
Taken from this article - http://www.lvrj.com/news/10761301.html
You
know what's funny? I remember Mayweather proclaiming before his fight
with Diego Corrales, another guy who liked to attack women, that he was
going to beat Corrales "for all the battered women out there" or
something to that effect.
