LAS VEGAS (AP) – A lawyer for rapper 50 Cent said Tuesday that neither the musician nor his security guards robbed a Los Angeles man of jewelry at gunpoint in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Police are investigating a report that a jewelry company owner was robbed early May 2 at or near boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s gym, said Officer Jesse Roybal, a department spokesman.
The alleged attack occurred the morning before Mayweather defeated Manny Pacquiao in a welterweight championship fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The man had minor injuries when he flagged down an officer and filed a complaint about 5 a.m., Roybal said. No charges were immediately filed, and Roybal said a police report had not been made public.
Attorney Scott Leemon, representing the rapper whose legal name is Curtis James Jackson III, acknowledged a report by the celebrity website TMZ.