Floyd Mayweather is facing multiple felony charges tied to the 2024 purchase of a luxury item in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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According to ESPN, the boxer faces two felony charges alleging theft and the intent to defraud. The plaintiff in this case claims that Mayweather used a bad check for a $200,000 Audemars Piguet watch purchase at Gold and Beyond on Dec. 31, 2024.
The official charges are "theft, value $100,000 or greater" and "draw or pass check with intent to defraud, value $1,200 or greater."
The complaint, which prosecutors filed on April 27, 2026, claims that Mayweather wrote a check tied to a Wells Fargo account when he did not have the money, property, or credit in the account to pay in full. The complaint also alleges that the boxer did so "knowingly, feloniously, and without lawful authority."
The two different felony charges carry different prison sentences if Mayweather is found guilty. The fraud charge brings between one and four years in prison, as well as a fine of up to $5,000 plus restitution costs.
The theft charge has more significant penalties. Mayweather could face up to 20 years in prison and up to $15,000 in fines if found guilty.
An attorney representing Gold and Beyond told ESPN that they filed the complaint in Nevada in February. They said in a statement that Gold and Beyond trusted Mayweather and gave him opportunities to "make good" on the bad check.
"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," the attorney told ESPN.
This complaint is the latest in a line of legal situations involving Mayweather. He is the defendant in multiple civil cases claiming he owes money. He is also the plaintiff in two separate suits claiming that he is owed hundreds of millions of dollars due to fraud.
Mayweather filed one suit against Showtime in February, claiming that he is owed at least $340 million. He says this is due to "a long-running and elaborate scheme of financial fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and conspiracy orchestrated by Floyd J. Mayweather's former manager and advisor, Al Haymon, with the knowing and substantial participation and aid of Defendants Showtime Networks Inc. and Stephen Espinoza, among others."
The second suit, which he filed in May, claims that his former real estate advisor and former investment manager defrauded him over multiple years. He seeks to recover $175 million in this suit.
