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FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR., FACING EIGHT CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER INCIDENT WITH EX-GIRLFRIEND ? PENAL CODE SECTION 211, SECTION 240, SECTION 242, AND SECTION 487

By Walin & Klarich

On September 15, 2010, boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr., was charged with four felonies and four misdemeanors stemming from an alleged incident with his ex-girlfriend and their three children at her apartment. The Nevada felony complaint alleged that, on September 9, 2010, Mayweather threatened two of his children by stating that if they called 911 or left the apartment, he would ?beat [their] ass.? Mayweather also allegedly beat his ex-girlfriend and took her cell phone. He allegedly threatened to make his ex-girlfriend or her current boyfriend ?disappear.? Mayweather was charged with two counts of a felony assault-type crime, one count of felony robbery, one count of grand larceny, one count of misdemeanor battery, and three counts of a misdemeanor assault by conditional threat-type crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on September 17, 2010 (boomark / email).