IBF Champ Jermain Taylor’s Bathtub Video Explaining His Arrest
Little Rock, AK (January 21st, 2015)–Boxer Jermain Taylor has 24 hours to turn himself in to law enforcement after having his bond revoked earlier today. The IBF Middleweight Champion isn’t going quietly.
Taylor posted a video on his Facebook page Tuesday evening in which he apologized to his fans and acknowledged he was headed back to jail. Taylor made the comments from a bathtub. The video has since been deleted but is posted below.
Taylor also discussed why he was frustrated with Monday’s “Marade” event in Little Rock noting there wasn’t enough candy for children.
Prosecutors moved Tuesday afternoon to revoke Taylor’s bond from a case involving the shooting of his cousin in August of last year.
Smith told the AP that she and her family tried to get into their car and leave, but Taylor continued pointing the gun toward the vehicle.
“He was pointing at the kids, so I jumped in front of him again and said, ‘Please don’t shoot my kids,'” Smith said.
She said Taylor cursed, saying that he didn’t care about the children or her and that he was going to kill her husband.
Smith said her son and two daughters were unable to sleep and cried most of the night.
Taylor already was facing significant legal issues stemming from an incident in his home on Aug. 26, when he allegedly shot his cousin Tyrone DaWayne Hinton multiple times and fired a gun at (but missed) another person during an altercation.
The boxing champ appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since he was arrested for shooting a gun near a man’s head on Monday immediately following a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event. Taylor bonded out on $50,000.
“We learned a few days ago that Jermain suffered a rib injury in sparring, and we were getting another opinion and seeing how Jermain felt, and then this incident happened,” DiBella told ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael on Monday. “His fight on Feb. 6 was going to be canceled due to a legitimate injury, a rib fracture, but this obviously is a shocking development no matter what the exact details are, and it leads myself and his management [Al Haymon] to be more concerned with his well being, his mental health and his future than his boxing career.
“Right now there aren’t any plans to reschedule anything or think about his future in the ring until the events surrounding his legal issues are dealt with.”
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