Boxing great Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has been missing since his girlfriend Josie Harris (pictured below) called 911 Thursday morning to report an assault. Mayweather, who left the scene of the disturbance and had not been seen since, turned himself into the Las Vegas police department Friday morning. Police had been searching for Mayweather to question him about Harris's allegations. The undefeated boxing champ was charged however with a felony theft charge stemming from a complaint from Harris that he had taken her iPhone.
Las Vegas police officer Bill Cassell told the Associated Press (AP) that the 33-year-old fighter was booked into the Clark County Detention Center about 10:45 a.m. and is being held on a $3,000 bond.
Mayweather's attorney Bill Wright however insists, that his client is innocent of all charges. "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." Wright also went on to state, that Mayweather will cooperate with any police investigation "if there is one."
Harris, who is the mother of Mayweather's three children sought an order of protection against him on Friday. Harris also filed a former complaint with police officials alleging, that the welterweight punched her in the head, tried to pull her hair and break her arm, after he entered her home while she was alseep.
The young woman went on to claim that Mayweather let himself into her residence in the wee hours of Thursday morning and began rummaging through her belongings. When Harris confronted the apparently angry Mayweather, she alleges in a police report, that he accused her of two-timing him. She also said, that Mayweather affirmed, he would have her and the guy "taken care of." Harris then called police and the champ was escorted off the premises at around 3 a.m.
Mayweather returned hours later only to continue where he had left off. At that time, Harris claims, that she was fast asleep on the couch and Mayweather abruptly dragged her off it. Harris says, that he began assaulting her in front of their children.
Harris stated, that she pleaded with the kids to run outside and call for help. Mayweather then followed them outside and threatened to give them the same punishment that he was inflicting upon her, Harris alleged. "If they ran or tried to call the police he would beat them the same way," she told the Las Vegas Review Journal.
The mom of three told police that when they were outside, Mayweather again threatened to kill her and her boyfriend, then sped off in his car.
After the incident, Harris who sustained minor injuries was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, then released.
The recent alleged Harris/Mayweather bout is nothing new. Back in 2003, she accused Mayweather of pummeling her in a Bentley in front of a Vegas club. The argument was over another woman. When the case went to trial two years later, Harris said, she lied the first time, recanted her stor,y and her baby daddy was acquitted of all felony domestic violence charges.
In 2005, the former Olympic bronze medal winner was convicted of using his fists on women again in an unprovoked attack. He beat up two females in a nightclub at the famed Luxor hotel in Vegas. He received a suspended one-year jail sentence and was mandated by the courts to attend counseling.
Harris will probably claim amnesia on this next go-round and not follow through with her allegations, only time will tell.