A judge in Cleveland on Monday tossed professional boxer Adrien Broner in jail after holding him in contempt of court as part of a civil lawsuit filed by a woman he assaulted at a nightclub in 2018.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Nancy Margaret Russo found the 31-year-old Broner failed to cooperate with multiple deadlines she set for him to hand over documents and other evidence showing why he has not been able to pay the more than $800,000 judgment the judge ordered him to pay the woman in December.
Russo cited an Instagram video posted this week showing Broner handling large stacks of money after saying in an Oct. 5 court filing in that he had just over $13 in cash. Russo ordered Broner to remain in jail until he provides complete and truthful information about his finances to the woman’s attorney, Subodh Chandra and the Chandra Law Firm.
“Mr. Broner has continually defied every court ordered I’ve given,” Russo said during the hearing. “The jig is up today.”
Russo set a Wednesday hearing for Broner and his attorney, Stanley Jackson, to show they are complying in the case, and Cuyahoga County sheriff’s deputies placed Broner in handcuffs and led him out of the courtroom.
Broner, who last boxed in January 2019, said he is preparing for a fight scheduled in January that will bring him "a significant purse” and he expects to be able to pay the judgment in full after the fight.
The order is the latest legal problem that the once world champion fighter faced in connection with the case.
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