Uncle of Famed Boxer Has Coercion Charge Dropped in Las Vegas
Last week Roger Mayweather, uncle of champion boxer Floyd, had one of three felony charges against him dropped in Clark County District Court: He is still charged with battery with substantial bodily harm and battery with strangulation. But Judge Valerie Adair conceded that the D.A. failed to present sufficient evidence during preliminary hearings to substantiate his charge of breaking Nevada coercion law.
The charges stem from an incident where forty-eight year old Mayweather allegedly punched and choked a twenty-six year old former female trainee at her Las Vegas apartment this past August. Mayweather owned the property and was leasing it to a man who let the victim live there, which Mayweather was supposedly upset about. Mayweather has pleaded not guilty, is out on bail, and faces trial in August.
Nevada coercion law (NRS 207.190) makes it a crime to, with the purpose of making another act in a way they don’t have to, to use physical violence or threats of on that person, their family or possessions. Coercion is a misdemeanor when no physical force or immediate threat thereof is involved. But breaking Nevada coercion law becomes a category B felony if it is, with penalties of up to 6 years in prison and perhaps a $5,000 fine.
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