Floyd Mayweather’s ex Josie Harris died of accidental overdose from fentanyl and Xanax, says coroner's report
Floyd Mayweather’s ex Josie Harris’ cause of death was revealed to be an accidental drug overdose that involved fentanyl and Xanax.
The Los Angeles Medical Examiner-Coroner determined 40-year-old Harris, who was found dead in her car outside of her property in Valencia, Calfornia, on March 10, by one of her children, died of “mixed drug toxicity (fentanyl, alprazolam)." Alprazolam is more commonly referred to as Xanax - its brand name - and is used to treat anti-anxiety.
We previously reported that after responding to Harris' home at around 9:30 pm, law enforcement officers found the actress unresponsive in her car. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police sources said at the time there didn't appear to be any foul play involved in the death, and that the case was being treated as a death investigation as opposed to a homicide probe. There was no suicide note and no evidence of drug use at the scene.
Despite having a tumultuous relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Mayweather paid tribute to the mother of three of his children after her death by posting a series of throwback photos from the days back when they were still a couple and captioning them, "My Baby."
They were together between 1995 and 2010. On September 9, 2010, he was sought out by the police for questioning after she filed a domestic battery report against him. Harris claimed he had entered her Vegas home while she slept, pulled her hair and then attacked her in front of their children. She said she was saved after their eldest son, Koraun, snuck out of the home and alerted a security guard to call the police.
Mayweather was taken into custody the next day, though he was released after posting $3,000 bail. He was initially charged with felony theft in connection to the disappearance of Harris' phone but was later hit with two felony coercion charges, one felony robbery charge, one misdemeanor domestic-battery charge, and three misdemeanor harassment charges.
In December 2011, a judge sentenced the boxer to 90 days in jail for battery upon Harris after he reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty of misdemeanor battery in exchange for the dropping of the felony battery charge. He also pleaded no contest to two counts of misdemeanor harassment, stemming from threats to his children.
In addition to the prison sentence, he was also ordered to complete 100 hours of community service, a 12-month domestic-violence program, and to pay a fine of $2,500.
Harris also sued him for $20 million for defamation in 2015, claiming he had lied during an interview with Katie Couric in April where he called her a drug abuser. He had made the comments while discussing the 2010 domestic-violence incident and said, "Did I restrain a woman that was on drugs? Yes, I did. So if they say that’s domestic violence, then, you know what? I’m guilty. I’m guilty of restraining someone."
The two were scheduled to face off at trial on December 7, 2020. The outcome of the lawsuit is still pending.