Floyd Mayweather’s ex Josie Harris was writing harrowing book about how boxer used to brutally beat her before she died
THE ex girlfriend of Floyd Mayweather was writing a harrowing tell-all book which included her account of savage beatings she suffered at the hands of the boxer - before her tragic death.
Josie Harris, 40, who was found dead at the wheel of her car in California, on March 9, wrote how the world champion boxer "almost killed" her after violently beating her in front of their three kids in an extract of the unpublished book, shared by a concerned friend.
The book reveals details of their tumultuous relationship including how she met him aged 16 before he was famous - and how the boxer became violent with her.
Most shocking is her description of her "last beat down" at the hands of Mayweather, 43, in 2010, as terrified Jirah, Zion and Koraun - then aged 7, 9 and 11 looked on.
Multi-millionaire Mayweather was jailed for the shocking attack.
Josie wrote how he allegedly grabbed her by the hair while she was still sleeping, dragged her around the room of her home in Las Vegas "like a rag doll" before punching her repeatedly in the head, screaming: "I’ll f**king kill you".
The friend said she decided to share a short extract of the draft book because: "Josie deserves to have her voice heard, now more than ever".
Tragically, it is not known whether Josie ever finished the book before her death.
In the extract, Josie writes: “My eyes flew open to the sound of my own screams. Pain was searing through my skull when I looked up and saw Floyd. He was holding the back of my hair, standing over me with one hand, punching the back of my head with the other… dragging me off the sofa and pulling me across the room.
"Furniture in the living room was falling as he pulled me like a rag doll."
She describes how Mayweather became angry and accused her of seeing another man called "CJ" and spending his money on him.
The vicious attack, she says, continued in front of their three kids, who begged their dad to stop, and one of his friends, who allegedly did nothing to intervene.
Josie continues: “'Floyd, listen to your kids. You’re doing this in front of your kids...'
"I shuddered at the agonizing pain I felt in my head and screamed again until he let me go...
"Before I could say anything Floyd again tightened his grip on my hair and beat the back of my head..."
"He was determined to teach me a lesson. I could see it in his eyes. But, I knew I couldn’t lay down, so I fought back."
Josie describes how she tried to fight back - but stood no chance against the strength of the legendary boxer - and screamed for help as he continued to punch her.
"I knew the power that Floyd Mayweather had in those hands and I was afraid now," she wrote.
"'Motha fuckin' b***h, I want you outta’ my house…! Givin’ my money to C.J..' he spat out in disgust.
“When I sat up he grabbed my arm and twisted it behind my back.....'Floyd, please, stop hitting me! Please, I’m begging you…'" she recalls saying to him.
"His mood had become even darker now, and I was really afraid for my life. I knew I had to get help.
“'I’ll stop hitting you when you go down, b***h!'” Mayweather allegedly replied.
Josie said her kids were desperately trying to get help, but Mayweather's friend stopped them from doing so.
She added: “Somebody, please call 911,” I screamed. I opened my eyes as he grabbed my hair again. I felt like he was pulling my scalp off of my skull. I put both hands up to my hair, trying to ease the pain.
Josie described how she called on her kids to get security "before she was killed", but Floyd screamed out to the kids “Ya’ll bet’ not go no where.”
Their son Koraun, then aged 11, managed to jump over the fence and go and get help from security, who called 911, while Mayweather sped off in this car.
Josie said she was “unable to respond much when the paramedics asked questions as I lay on the gurney.”
Josie was left with brain contusions, a possible concussion and a sprained left arm.
She describes feeling "so alone and frightened" as paramedics pushed the gurney into the ambulance.
Josie said it was "agonizing and humiliating" that her children had to witness the beating - and felt ashamed to tell cops that her "life partner" Mayweather had done this to her.
"I didn’t want to say the things I had to say about Floyd Mayweather," she writes.
"He had hit me before and I had been violent toward him in our relationship.
"But, I knew this had to be the last beat down.”
Mayweather served two months behind bars after he was convicted for attacking Josie and the pair split up.
The couple had first met in 1995 at a bowling alley in Las Vegas when Josie was 16 and Mayweather was 19 and began dating, eventually going on to have their three kids.
Their relationship was volatile however and Josie said in 2014 that she suffered physical abuse from the boxing champ on "six occasions," according to USA Today.
She said during the interview that she was happy that she did not have to see Mayweather often.
"[It means] I don't have to take a Xanax before he comes, otherwise I will be sweating bullets," she told USA Today in 2014.
"For some reason I still get anxiety when I know that he is on his way.
"I have no idea why, but I get really overwhelmed when I know that I have to be around him."
Koraun, now aged 20, who witnessed his dad's attack on his mom, called his dad a "coward" in the same interview and described how he ran out of his house and went to get help during the incident.
Mayweather denied the allegations in an interview with Katie Couric at the time.
"Did I restrain a woman that was on drugs," he told her.
"Yes, I did. So if they say that's domestic violence, then, you know what? I'm guilty.
"I'm guilty of restraining someone."
Josie was in the middle of a $20 million lawsuit against Mayweather over the claims she was on drugs - when she died.
Mom of three Josie was pronounced dead at the scene last week after being found unresponsive outside her home.
Investigators have not yet released a cause of death but are not treating it as homicide and do not believe any foul play was involved.
Mayweather later took to social media to pay tribute to Josie, who he dated from 1995 to 2010.
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He shared a series of snaps of Harris with his 23 million followers on Instagram.The American superstar described her as "my angel", "my heart", "my sweetheart", "my love", "my rock", "my family", "my kiss", "my sunshine" and "my flowers".
One pictured showed him kissing her on the cheek, while another showed her smiling alongside their two sons.
Last week Mayweather was dealt a fresh blow when his uncle and trainer, Roger Mayweather died aged 58.
The Sun reached out to representatives for Mayweather for comment.
