The ex-girlfriend and mother of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s three children, Josie Harris, was reportedly found dead in her car on Tuesday evening outside her residence in Valencia, Calif. Harris was 40 years old.
The Los Angeles Sheriff Department was notified at approximately 10 p.m. local time. When they arrived at Harris' home, she was found to be unresponsive. Police say that foul play isn't expected. The LA County Sheriff's Department told The Athletic it is being treated as an active death investigation.
Harris and Mayweather dated from 1995-2010 and have three children together — sons Koraun, 20, and Zion, 18, and 15-year-old daughter Jirah.
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Things weren't always good with Harris and the boxer. Harris had previously told USA Today in 2014 that Mayweather had abused her on six different occasions. In 2010, Mayweather allegedly entered Harris' home in Las Vegas while she was sleeping and pulled her down to the floor by hair and proceeded to punch, kick and scream at her in front of their children. According to a police report, Koraun snuck out of a back window and notified a security officer to call the cops.
Mayweather was charged with domestic violence and ended up being sentenced to 90 days in jail. The former five-division world champion served 60 days of that sentence. Before her passing, Harris was involved in a $20 million defamation lawsuit against Mayweather for comments he made in a 2015 interview in which he told Katie Couric that Harris was on drugs when that incident happened.
Harris was in the process of writing a book to help those who have gone through domestic violence.
Mayweather hasn't commented on Harris' passing at this time of writing.
