Floyd Mayweather has had his name linked with financial turmoil for some time now, but now things appear to have taken a potentially criminal turn. ESPN reports that the Hall of Famer is currently facing felony charges in Nevada for theft and intent to defraud, resulting from a bad check in the amount of $200,000 that was used to purchase an Audemars Piguet watch in Las Vegas.
While Floyd himself was not present for a court hearing on Monday, but his attorney appeared on his behalf to head the official
charges.
According to the complaint, Floyd allegedly wrote the bad check from a Wells Fargo bank account on Dec. 31, 2024, when that account didn’t have enough funds or credit to cover the check, and did so knowing that the check would not be able to clear.
An attorney for the seller of the watch, Marc Cook, says his client waited as long as could reasonably be expected for Floyd to make good with the funds, which is why he didn’t file an official complaint until this February.
“The reason for the delay is that my guy trusted Mayweather and was trying to give him every opportunity to make good on that,” Cook said. “And it got to the point where he wasn’t getting responses and wasn’t getting money for a watch that Mayweather had for well over a year.”
Mayweather’s attorney denies that he attempted to defraud anyone in this case and argues that this is a matter better suited for civil court, rather than a criminal proceeding. In the meanwhile, his next court hearing in this case isn’t until September 17.
Floyd is currently scheduled to return to the ring against Mike Zambidis on June 27 in Athens and is expected to have a professional rematch with Manny Pacquiao later this fall.
