Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather has a new battle on his hands, and it has nothing to do with his impending bout with Marcos Maidana. His former fiancé Shantel Jackson is suing Mayweather for being abusive during their relationship and humiliating her on social media.
Jackson has enlisted celebrity attorney Gloria Allred to file the lawsuit in Superior Court in Los Angeles. Jackson, who was with the boxer for seven years, held a tearful press conference yesterday, describing her love for Mayweather and her distress with the ending of their relationship.
Jackson, popularly referred to as Miss Jackson, claims Mayweather was physically abuse during the course of their relationship. The suit also claims Mayweather, the highest-paid athlete in the world according to Forbes, posted a sonogram of her pregnancy on Instagram, alleging her abortion was the cause of the breakup.
Jackson said Mayweather also threatened to post naked photos of her online if she didn’t remove a photo she posted of herself with rapper Nelly at a basketball game in April.
The suit comes only nine days before the heavyweight champion is scheduled to fight Maidana in Las Vegas.