Mayweather arrested on battery charge
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December 19, 2010, Sunday
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BOXER Floyd Mayweather Jr was arrested at a Las Vegas casino on a misdemeanor battery charge after he allegedly assaulted a security guard at his gated community, authorities said on Friday.
Las Vegas police arrested Mayweather, 33, at a casino on the Las Vegas strip shortly before midnight local time on Thursday, police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said.
Mayweather was held overnight at the Clark County Detention Center and released on Friday, said Kathy Banto, executive assistant for Clark County assistant district attorney Chris Owens.
Mayweather, who battered his way to nine world titles in five weight divisions, is due to appear in court on Tuesday morning, Banto said. Earlier, Las Vegas police had given the court date as Monday.
Morgan said the arrest warrant was for an outstanding misdemeanor battery charge, alleging that Mayweather assaulted a security guard at his gated community.
The second arrest in three months for the undefeated prizefighter drew allegations from his lawyer that police and prosecutors overreacted to a minor criminal accusation and that Mayweather was getting "unequal punitive exaggerated treatment."
"This is a misdemeanor," attorney Richard Wright said. He noted that police usually write a ticket for a misdemeanor.
Wright accused District Attorney David Roger of "going out of his way to treat (Mayweather) differently than anyone else."
Mayweather has misdemeanor battery and assault convictions in Las Vegas and his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is facing a felony coercion, grand larceny and robbery case stemming from a September dispute with his children and their mother at her home.
He faces trial on January 24 in that case, and could face up to 34 years in prison if convicted.
Las Vegas police arrested Mayweather, 33, at a casino on the Las Vegas strip shortly before midnight local time on Thursday, police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said.
Mayweather was held overnight at the Clark County Detention Center and released on Friday, said Kathy Banto, executive assistant for Clark County assistant district attorney Chris Owens.
Mayweather, who battered his way to nine world titles in five weight divisions, is due to appear in court on Tuesday morning, Banto said. Earlier, Las Vegas police had given the court date as Monday.
Morgan said the arrest warrant was for an outstanding misdemeanor battery charge, alleging that Mayweather assaulted a security guard at his gated community.
The second arrest in three months for the undefeated prizefighter drew allegations from his lawyer that police and prosecutors overreacted to a minor criminal accusation and that Mayweather was getting "unequal punitive exaggerated treatment."
"This is a misdemeanor," attorney Richard Wright said. He noted that police usually write a ticket for a misdemeanor.
Wright accused District Attorney David Roger of "going out of his way to treat (Mayweather) differently than anyone else."
Mayweather has misdemeanor battery and assault convictions in Las Vegas and his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is facing a felony coercion, grand larceny and robbery case stemming from a September dispute with his children and their mother at her home.
He faces trial on January 24 in that case, and could face up to 34 years in prison if convicted.
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