Floyd Mayweather Jr claims that the couple were too famous to have privacy, therefore justifying speaking on social media about their abortion.
Floyd Mayweather Jr and Shantel Jackson.
Shantel Jackson, filed a lawsuit against Mayweather after he publicly humiliated her when the undefeated boxing champion posted a sonogram of her pregnancy online after she had
Aborted, blaming it for their break up.
Miss Jackson has already sued Mayweather for battery, assault, defamaion and invasion of privacy, although he is fighting to dismiss some of these claims. The boxer claims that his profile gave him the right to post details about any aspect of the relationship that he desired, including the break up.
In an emotional statement, Miss Jackson said: 'I have been embarrassed and humiliated more than I can ever imagine by Floyd, whom I once called my best friend and fiance,' adding that she finally left him because he was abusive.
Mayweather spent two months in jail in 2012 after he pleaded guilty to reduced domestic battery in a case with, Josie Harris, a former girlfriend, where arm-twisting and hair-pulling occurred in front of two of their children. A similar attack to that with Miss Jackson, when he demanded that she return the 17-carat engagement ring at gunpoint, despite her supporting him through his previous court case. He was then further accused of arranging the robbery of over $1 million worth of Jacksons property from a storage unit.