Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been arrested in Las Vegas, but charges aren’t directly due to him allegedly striking his ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris, as she claimed in a report made early Thursday morning. Instead, say police, Mayweather was taken into custody and booked on charges of grand larceny, which were related to the incident. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center at about 10:45 a.m., as reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal and TMZ.
The item allegedly stolen? Harris’ cell phone.
From the Review-Journal:
The charge stems from personal items Mayweather took from ex-girlfriend Josie Harris’ house Thursday morning. Police have not arrested Mayweather for domestic violence because the charge is a misdemeanor and the alleged crime happened more than 24 hours after the arrest. Police will submit that case to the District Attorney’s office. Police have not arrested Mayweather for domestic violence because the charge is a misdemeanor and the alleged crime happened more than 24 hours after the arrest. Police will submit that case to the District Attorney’s office.
Mayweather’s lawyer, Richard Wright, said he expected his client to post the $3,000 bail and be released from jail Friday.
The grand larceny charge was related to Harris’ missing cell phone, he said.
“Josie can’t find her iPhone,” Wright said. “We’re attempting to find it or replace it. He did not commit grand larceny. We expect that to be resolved.”
A temporary protection order filed by Harris, who has three children with the boxer, was obtained by the Review-Journal Friday. Harris said Mayweather punched her in the head, pulled her hair and tried to break her arm after entering her home as she slept.
Harris said Mayweather “let himself in” to her home in the 3800 block of Tropical Vine Street at about 2 a.m. and began searching through her belongings.
After she confronted Mayweather, he accused her of dating another man, she wrote in the report.
“He would ‘have me and my guy friend taken care of,’” she said Mayweather told her.
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Mayweather arrested for grand larceny [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrested in Las Vegas [TMZ]
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- laslo hemisphere - Sep 10, 2010 at 3:59 PM
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What a surprise. After showing the world his terror at being dismantled by Pacquiao, he shows how tough he is by slapping around his woman.
What a man.
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- KPAX - Sep 10, 2010 at 3:59 PM
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Shane Mosley’s near knockout on their last meeting has had a lasting effect on MAYNEVER. PACMAN will have an easy time with this buffoon!
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- Clarbin - Sep 10, 2010 at 4:20 PM
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Too bad the fix was in on the last fight.
Shane rocked his world early in the fight and then played peek-a-boo for 10 rounds.
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- ThunderProof - Sep 10, 2010 at 4:23 PM
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Grand Larceny charges for an iPhone? That must be one helluva decked out electronic leash!
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- mike stone - Sep 10, 2010 at 4:58 PM
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I wonder who paid for the phone, the house, the food, the clothes,
and…………………………………….?
Men are suckers, we pay all the bills and the minute our little de-
pendents get unhappy, they just call the “man”and they put that “no good”meany in jail!
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- rufus - Sep 10, 2010 at 5:15 PM
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money, power can corrupt a person or they can use it for doing good in the world.. It is sad to see Mayweather disintegrating. He should retire undefeated and do something positive in life and not end up like Tyson , Liston, etc
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- brat gayweather - Sep 10, 2010 at 9:45 PM
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Gayweather funny antics!!! Really a Mike Tyson path he is taking. Don’t call her (him) Money because he (she) is cheap. Let us put our saliva to this racist dirty talking gayweather. Not a boxing but a brat champ!!!
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- Mike - Sep 10, 2010 at 10:07 PM
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Gayweather deserves what he gets. He’s a terrible example for his race. tsk, tsk, tsk
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- bebskie - Sep 10, 2010 at 10:35 PM
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i don’t think mayweather is a great pound for pound king…he deserve to call gayweather pound for pound queen…the real pound for pound king is no other than our idol in the phils. hon. manny pacquiao… from phils of butuan city, mindanao…
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- ernesto - Sep 10, 2010 at 10:58 PM
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AFRAID of MANNY but TOUGH on WIFEY. a real QUEENIET!
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- Hellstromm - Sep 11, 2010 at 6:20 AM
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Wow, what a bunch of classy guys you are. Easy to talk tough when you don’t know the facts of the case. And what about you, “brat gayweather,” talking about Mayweather being racist, and here you are calling him “Gayweather.”
Personally, I think it’s b.s. that they arrested him for an iPhone. And look, I’m not saying he didn’t strike his ex-gf, but the mistake always being played by readers/viewers is to pose as judge/jury/executioner when all you have is a reporter’s lazy article. And yes, it’s a lazy article. Far more could have been researched into this, including if there’s any history of violence between the two of them, the cause of their breakup, a copy of the arrest report, etc and so on. Instead we have “Mayweather beats his woman!”
Lazy reporting and sad sad racist, homophobic, commentators.
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- Hellstromm - Sep 11, 2010 at 6:22 AM
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Wow, what a bunch of classy guys you are. Easy to talk tough when you don’t know the facts of the case. And what about you, “brat gayweather,” talking about Mayweather being racist, and here you are calling him “Gayweather.”
Personally, I think it’s b.s. that they arrested him for an iPhone. And look, I’m not saying he didn’t strike his ex-gf, but the mistake always being played by readers/viewers is to pose as judge/jury/executioner when all you have is a reporter’s lazy article. And yes, it’s a lazy article. Far more could have been researched into this, including if there’s any history of violence between the two of them, the cause of their breakup, a copy of the arrest report, etc and so on. Instead we have “Mayweather beats his woman!”
Lazy reporting and sad sad racist, homophobic, commentators.
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- ka lui - Sep 11, 2010 at 9:46 AM
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WIFE BEATER ? LETS SEE HOW FAR HE WILL GO WITH PACQUIAO IF EVER HE WILL HAVE A GUTS OR BALLS TO DO IT. HE WILL BE BLUER THAN BLUE OR EVEN BLACKER THAN BLACK.
LOOK FOR YOUR BALLS, MR. MAYWEATHER!!!!
KA LUI
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- kirtlington harris - Sep 12, 2010 at 12:14 PM
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may,u gotto reserve tha strengh 4 PACQ.DNT USE IT ON INNOCENT EX MISTRESS,U ARE DOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
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