Sadly, it's not uncommon for professional athletes to be charged with domestic violence. Several famous NFL players, NBA stars, and boxers have been charged with domestic violence. Some of these athletes later had the charges dropped, while others were convicted on multiple counts of assault.
Who is the most famous athlete who was charged with domestic violence? Floyd Mayweather Jr. tops our list. The boxing champion plead guilty to a domestic violence charge in 2010. Tito Ortiz was also arrested for domestic violence in 2010, but his girlfriend Jenna Jameson later dropped the charges. Jose Canseco plead guilty to domestic violence charges in 1988 and again in 1997.
Perhaps the most notorious case of domestic violence is that of Ray Rice. Ray Rice was charged with assault after he knocked out his fiancée, Janay Palmer, in 2014. The entire incident was caught on video. Jovan Belcher was previously charged with domestic violence before killing his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins, and then himself, in 2012. Bernard King was arrested for domestic violence in 2004, but the charges were later dropped when King agreed to attend counseling.
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