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Floyd “Money” Mayweather built a fortune around his famous nickname. Now, he may have some explaining to do.
The undefeated boxing icon is facing serious prison time after allegedly writing a bad check for a luxury timepiece in Las Vegas.
Clark County prosecutors slapped the 49-year-old fighter with two serious felony charges, including theft of property valued over $100,000 and passing a check with intent to defraud.
Authorities say Mayweather’s alleged theft stems from a shopping trip on New Year’s Eve in 2024 when he set his sights on a rare Audemars Piguet watch.
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Mayweather paid with a $200,000 check from a Wells Fargo account, but the bank quickly returned it for insufficient funds.
Boutique owners reportedly spent over a year trying to collect the cash quietly.
They even sent a certified demand letter to avoid a public scandal, but Mayweather allegedly ghosted them.
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A criminal summons followed, and Mayweather’s defense team appeared on his behalf in a Las Vegas court on Monday.
If convicted on both felony counts, the self-proclaimed billionaire faces a maximum of 24 years behind bars.
This $200,000 bad check appears to be just the tip of a massive financial iceberg.
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Mayweather is currently buried under a mountain of debt, including a staggering $7 million federal tax lien from the IRS for unpaid back taxes.
A judge also recently ordered him to pay $1 million in back child support to a former dancer, and he is battling separate civil lawsuits over unpaid bills for private jet services and luxury Manhattan apartment rent.
The aging star has quickly lined up a string of upcoming exhibition bouts, alongside a highly anticipated September rematch against Manny Pacquiao.
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Mayweather is game to fight anyone except the repo man.
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