By Mark Vester
According to a report in the Las Vegas Review Journal, Roger Mayweather, the uncle and head trainer of Floyd Mayweather Jr., struck a deal with Las Vegas prosecutors that will keep him out of jail. In four days, he was scheduled to go to trial in his 19-month-old battery case. On Thursday, Mayweather, 49, will plead no contest to two misdemeanor counts of battery. As part of the plea deal, Mayweather will be placed on informal probation, pay a $1,000 fine, attend domestic violence counseling and perform 50 hours of community service.
Mayweather was originally charged with two felony battery counts stemming from an Aug. 2, 2009, incident in which he is accused of choking and punching 26-year-old female fighter Melissa St. Vil at her apartment in the 700 block of Rock Springs Drive, near Rainbow Boulevard and Washington Avenue. Mayweather owned the property and rented it to a man who let St. Vil live there.
