5. Ex-Girlfriend Sued Him For Defamation
Yes, as mentioned previously, the domestic violence incident between Floyd and ex-girlfriend Josie Harris took a turn when the boxer claimed in an interview with Katie Couric that the mother of his three children was lying about him hitting her because she was abusing drugs. Harris sued him over the allegations for $20 million, saying that she suffered humiliation and emotional and physical distress.
Floyd also said in the interview that he did put his hands on Harris, but that was only to restrain her. The lawsuit calls the allegations “totally and unequivocally false,” continuing that he called her a liar “when she told the police that Mayweather repeatedly struck and beat her.”
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“Harris was not a drug abuser or drug addict. Harris did not need to be ‘restrained’ because she was on drugs,” the suit said. Harris was looking to become an author and television personality, and the suit read that if people believed Floyd’s comments Harris “would become unemployable and unpublishable if potential employers or publishers believe that she is, or even might be, a drug abuser or addict, as Mayweather implies in the interview.”
The suit was later dismissed and Floyd served two months of his 90 day sentence.
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