9. Legal Troubles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSUNZrZTKnE World-famous athletes come in for considerable scrutiny due to their public profiles, but many of Mayweathers repeated transgressions seem to have fallen below the radar. During an argument with Melissa Brim, the mother of his daughter, in 2001, Mayweather swung open a car door, hitting her jaw, and also punched her several times in what was described as a "brutal and unprovoked attack." The following year, Mayweather pleaded guilty to two separate counts of domestic battery, his horrific treatment of Brim resulting in a six-month suspended jail sentence, a fine and community service. Sadly, this was just the tip of the iceberg. Following an incident in a Las Vegas nightclub in August 2003, Mayweather was found guilty of two more counts of battery after hitting two women, Herneatha McGill and Karra Blackburn. Mayweather was handed another suspended prison sentence and ordered to undergo counselling for impulse control, but this failed to curb his aggressive tendencies. In September, 2010, Josie Harris, the mother of three of Mayweathers children, was confronted in her own home by the boxer who, in a jealous rage, punched her repeatedly in the back of the head and kicked her while she lay on the ground as his children watched on. Harris suffered injuries including bruises, contusions and a concussion, and Mayweather served two months in the Clark County Detention Center in 2012. That Mayweather served time is common knowledge, but the extent of his crimes is not as well known and paints a disturbing portrait of his disdain for law and order.
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