Floyd Mayweather Jr. is taking on Marcos Maidana on September 13, but the news surrounding him recently has little to do with what goes on inside the ring. First, his literacy was questioned by rapper and boxing promoter 50 Cent, who challenged him to read a single page of any Harry Potter book for charity, before amending the offer to Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat.
Now, Mayweather's ex-fiancee, Shantel Jackson, is suing him. Jackson is alleging "invasion of privacy, assault, battery and defamation" all took place during her relationship with the world's top pound-for-pound boxer.
Jackson's attorney Gloria Allred read a statement at a news conference in which she detailed some of the incidents Jackson states are the basis of her legal action.
"Mayweather insisted that the plaintiff move to Las Vegas. Ms. Jackson wanted to remain in Los Angeles. When Ms. Jackson refused to move, Ms. Jackson alleges that Mayweather became verbally abusive, stating 'I took you out of the 'hood. I should have left [you] there.'"
More recently, Mayweather and Jackson were involved in an ugly incident on social media, in which he revealed that Jackson had the couple's twins aborted.
"On May 1, Mayweather, in retaliation for Ms. Jackson's continued refusals to comply with his demands ... decided to give her the ultimate humiliation.
"That day, knowing that his social media following was huge and devoted, Mayweather posted the following on his Facebook and Instagram accounts: 'the real reason me and Shantel Christine Jackson @MissJackson broke up was because she got an abortion, and I'm totally against killing babies.'"
Jackson also spoke, reading a statement of her own.
"I loved Floyd deeply, but he continued to disappoint and intentionally hurt me. ... I have been embarrassed and humiliated more than I can ever imagine by Floyd, whom I once called my best friend and fiancée. It was with a heavy heart that I finally realized the only way to set the record straight and achieve justice for what he has done to me, is filing this lawsuit."
According to The Los Angeles Times, neither Mayweather nor his representatives responded to phone calls or messages regarding the lawsuit.
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