Trial in battery case delayed for Mayweather’s uncle
The uncle and head trainer of famed champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. will have to wait until October for his day in court.
Roger Mayweather, 49, faces two felony battery counts stemming from an Aug. 2 incident for which he is accused of choking a former female trainee. The trial was set to begin Monday. District Judge Valerie Adair on Thursday delayed the trial until Oct. 25 because it conflicted with a capital case also scheduled to begin Monday.
Roger Mayweather has pleaded not guilty to the two charges, battery with substantial bodily harm and battery.
Authorities allege Roger Mayweather choked and punched 26-year-old fighter Melissa St. Vil on Aug. 2 at her apartment in the 700 block of Rock Springs Drive, near Rainbow Boulevard and Washington Avenue.
Roger Mayweather owned the property and rented it to a man who was letting St. Vil live there.
St. Vil had trained under Roger Mayweather until May 2009, when she left for a new trainer. Authorities allege he was upset that St. Vil was still living at his property. He is alleged to have confronted her and a physical altercation took place.
He remains free on $13,000 bail pending trial.