Why is mayweather going to jail

The boxing great was sentenced to 90 days behind bars after pleading guilty to a domestic violence charge involving his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his son Josie Harris. And Mayweather , who had his sentence delayed so he could fight Miguel Cotto on Cinco de Mayo, apparently struggled to cope after being cut off from his lavish lifestyle.

Sports on Earth has unearthed prison records that include letters from Mayweather and reports by prison guards which reveal the problems Money had while behind bars, which included poor food, a lack of exercise and fears for his safety. In one extract, he fumes: "There is seven days in a week and I only get five hours out of my cell and that's unfair.

This is my third time writing asking to be moved. Whilst Money has been enjoying the last days of his freedom and most likely mentally adjusting to what awaits him in lockdown, the public have been curious as to where the five-division world champion will be spending his clink time. Well, according to SportsYahoo. Com , after a deluge of requests from the populace, the Las Vegas Police Department presented this photo of a prison cell akin to the one Mayweather will be housed in.

For more information, follow Nedu Obi o n Twitter. Winckler argued that the public would benefit more if Mayweather performed hours of community service with children. Mayweather is also on the hook for 40 hours of community service with the Las Vegas Habitat for Humanity Project under a South Carolina federal judge's order for dodging a deposition in a music rights lawsuit.

Mayweather has a Jan. Habitat for Humanity official Catherine Barnes said Wednesday that Mayweather had not started to log the hours. Saragosa said Wednesday she was persuaded to jail Mayweather following his admission that he hit Harris and twisted her arm, and that two of their children, ages 9 and 10, witnessed the attack.

Mayweather threatened to kill or make Harris "disappear," Saragosa said, and their year-old son ran from the house and jumped a back gate to fetch security. Mayweather had taken cellphones belonging to Harris and the two boys.

Luzaich cited three previous domestic violence arrests for scuffles involving Harris, with whom Mayweather has three children, and three cases involving another woman with whom Mayweather has one child.

Mayweather has been arrested several times since in battery and violence cases in Las Vegas and in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich. He was convicted in of misdemeanor battery stemming from a fight with two women at a Las Vegas nightclub. He received a suspended one-year jail sentence and was ordered to undergo impulse-control counseling.

He was fined in Grand Rapids in February and ordered to perform community service after pleading no contest to misdemeanor assault and battery for a bar fight. He was acquitted by a Nevada jury in July after being accused of hitting and kicking Harris during an argument outside a Las Vegas nightclub.

He was acquitted again in October of misdemeanor allegations that he threatened two homeowner association security guards during a parking ticket argument. Mayweather also faces a civil lawsuit in Las Vegas from two men who allege he orchestrated a shooting attack on them outside a skating rink in Police have never accused Mayweather of firing shots and he has never been criminally charged in the case. Terence Crawford finally gets his big fight, but can Shawn Porter pull off the upset?

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