The legal battle between Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) and former fiancée Shantel Jackson, who was known to boxing fans as Ms. Jackson, is heading to trial.
Jackson, who is repped by well-known celeb lawyer Gloria Allred, filed a lawsuit against Mayweather in 2014 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. She alleges assault, battery, invasion of privacy and defamation.
She accused Mayweather of choking her during an argument, pointing a gun at her head, posting a sonogram photo on Facebook and publicly accusing her of aborting their twins.
She claims Mayweather twisted her arm and choked her during an argument in August 2012 and then pointed a gun at her in April 2013 while asking which toe she wanted him to shoot.
“I have been embarrassed and humiliated more than I can ever imagine by Floyd,” Jackson said at a 2014 press conference with her
Mayweather filed a lawsuit of his own in November.
In his cross-complaint to the initial case, Mayweather claims Jackson was robbing him blind by stealing “large sums of cash” during their relationship that spanned five years, from 2008 to 2013.
"As a result of that confidence, Mayweather, who's education ended at eighth grade, did not audit or otherwise inspect either his cash or his credit card statements for theft by Jackson," Mayweather's attorney wrote in the court documents.
A hearing was held on Tuesday and the judge is apparently tired of the case dragging on for so many years.
“I’d like to set this for trial. I understand it’s complicated,” Judge Monica Bachner said in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The judge ordered both sides to return in April to put jury selection on the calendar.
Mayweather, who initially retired back in September of 2015, returned to the ring last August and picked up a stoppage victory over UFC superstar Conor McGregor. After generating more than 4 million pay-per-view buys, Mayweather claims have made as much as $300 million from the fight. He had a guarantee of $100 million.
2023-10-20 13:24:16
