Floyd Mayweather allegedly bounced a $200,000 check for a luxury watch in Las Vegas — and now the undefeated boxing legend faces two felony charges and up to 24 years behind bars.
Clark County prosecutors charged the 49-year-old fighter with theft of property valued over $100,000 and passing a check with intent to defraud.
Authorities say Mayweather’s alleged theft stems from a shopping trip on New Year’s Eve in 2024 when he purchased a rare Audemars Piguet watch.
He paid with a $200,000 check from a Wells Fargo account. The bank quickly returned it for insufficient funds.
Boutique owners reportedly spent over a year trying to collect the cash quietly. They even sent a certified demand letter to avoid a public scandal.
Mayweather allegedly ghosted them.
A criminal summons followed. Mayweather’s defense team appeared on his behalf in a Las Vegas court on Monday.
If convicted on both felony counts, the self-proclaimed billionaire faces a maximum of 24 years in prison.
The charges remain allegations. The case has not been proven in court.
This $200,000 bad check appears to be just the tip of a massive financial iceberg. Mayweather is currently buried under a mountain of debt, including a staggering $7 million federal tax lien from the IRS for unpaid back taxes.
A judge also recently ordered him to pay $1 million in back child support to a former dancer, and he is battling separate civil lawsuits over unpaid bills for private jet services and luxury Manhattan apartment rent.
The aging star has quickly lined up a string of upcoming exhibition bouts, alongside a highly anticipated September rematch against Manny Pacquiao.
