Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going through a fraud lawsuit in Miami, the place he’s accused of working a “cash-for-access” scheme involving his reported pal, Elon Musk. In keeping with courtroom papers filed by tequila tycoon Jayson Winer, Mayweather claimed he might organize non-public on-line conferences with the tech billionaire for a charge.

Winer, who operates because the digital artist “Mr. Black,” alleges that Mayweather initially supplied to arrange a gathering with Musk for $4 million. Winer declined the provide however claims a brand new deal was made: he would pay $1 million for a textual content trade between Mayweather and Musk. He claims Mayweather despatched him a fraudulent screenshot as “proof” that the message was despatched, however the contact by no means occurred.

A second alleged deal was then organized for a video name with Musk in trade for 2 of Winer’s designer watches, valued at over $160,000, and an extra $20,000 in money. Winer says an individual claiming to be Mayweather’s safety guard got here to his residence to gather the gadgets, however once more, no video name ever came about.

Winer claims Mayweather and his enterprise companion, Jona Rechnitz, preyed on his desperation after his X account was allegedly “shadow banned,” hindering his capability to promote 21,000 digital artwork items. Winer’s lawsuit is searching for a jury trial.

Mayweather reportedly grew near Musk after coaching him for a possible “cage match” with Mark Zuckerberg. The boxer, who has described Musk as “my man,” additionally endorsed Donald Trump within the 2024 Presidential race, to Musk’s delight. There is no such thing as a suggestion that Musk was conscious of any of Mayweather’s guarantees.