Controversial American boxer, Adrien Broner has been jailed for contempt of court over a civil lawsuit filed against him.
The 31-year-old was sent to prison on Monday, November 3, after flaunting wads of cash on Instagram despite claiming he could not meet court payments because he was broke.
The former four-weight world champion was told to pay $830,000 (£637,000) to a woman he assaulted in 2018 but missed several payment deadlines set by Cleveland Judge Nancy Margaret Russo.
He filed court documents last month showing evidence that he was unable to pay the judgement against him as he had just $13 to his name, before posting videos of him with thousands of dollars and showing that he has spent over $3million (£2.3m) since 2017 over the weekend.
On Monday, the American boxer appeared in court and claimed that he has ‘rich friends’ when asked how he was able to flaunt so much money. He was later thrown in jail by Judge Russo until he can provide truthful information about his financial position.
Speaking in court, Broner said: ‘I got rich friends. I do. I got wealthy friends that take care of me.
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