Mayweather sued for $8.5 million

by Scott Christ on Sep 10, 2008 11:44 AM EDT

According to TMZ (oh, how I've longed to say that!), a Florida developer is suing ex-pound-for-pound ruler Floyd Mayweather, Jr., for $8.5 million.

Check the document yourself if you want. (PDF file)

I sort of can't help but be endlessly amused at how Money May stays in the news despite being "retired," whether it's having $7 million in jewelry heisted from his crib or now this. Also, if he loses this case for the full amount and doesn't recover the jewels, that's a grand total of $15.5 million down the tube!

Someone's going to need a way to earn some money, and I can't imagine that "The Surreal Life" pays much compared to a fight or a rematch with The Big Show.

Or maybe Floyd could drop an album. All the auto-tune vocals might make that viable. He could hook up with T-Pain and Lil Wayne. ("T-Wayne," as they've creatively titled their clever and timely partnership.)

I can't wait to find out what's next for Floyd.

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There isn't a legitimate claim for more than $1.7M here

Maybe they can claim consequential damages on top of that, but unless Mayweather now owns the property, $8.5M is a bogus number.

If this guy wins though, FMJ will have to pay attorneys’ fees.

Also, his jewelry should be insured. I doubt he’ll be out too much money. Plus there’s probably another side to the story anyway. Under the contract, FMJ can terminate for a 15-day period if the property is unsatisfactory. I’m not sure there’s all that much damages for failure to terminate during the prescribed period, and it’s possible that he even did so and we just haven’t heard about it yet.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Sep 10, 2008 1:44 PM EDT reply actions