A Texas judge has ordered Yaya Mayweather to pay Lapattra Jacobs $50.105 million over injuries tied to a 2020 confrontation, turning a case that ended in a criminal plea into a massive civil judgment.
The award includes $40,105,000 in compensatory damages and $10 million in exemplary damages, with more than $8 million assigned to past harm and another $32 million for future losses. Those categories covered medical expenses, pain and suffering, physical impairment, loss of earning capacity and disfigurement. In court findings, Mayweather's conduct was described as involving an extreme degree of risk and as constituting aggravated assault involving the use of a deadly weapon.
The damages stem from an April 3, 2020, incident at a home in Cypress, Texas, outside Houston, where authorities responded to an altercation. Prosecutors said Mayweather and Jacobs first confronted each other outside the residence before the dispute moved indoors, and that Mayweather retrieved two knives and stabbed Jacobs multiple times in the arm. Jacobs, who required surgery, was initially described by authorities as having injuries that were not life-threatening. Mayweather was 19 at the time, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, booked into the Harris County Jail and later released after posting a $30,000 bond.
The civil judgment lands after the criminal case already moved through a plea deal. Mayweather entered a guilty plea in April 2022 to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and prosecutors recommended six years of deferred adjudication as part of the agreement. ABC13 Houston later reported that she avoided prison under that arrangement and could avoid a final felony conviction if she completed the court-ordered requirements, which included staying free of new offenses, reporting to a supervising officer, maintaining employment or attending school, and following drug and travel restrictions.
What makes the new ruling notable is the scale of the damages and the split between past and future losses. More than $8 million was tied to harm already suffered, while the larger future award signals the court found Jacobs' injuries would continue to affect her earning power and daily life. Jacobs is also the mother of one of NBA YoungBoy's children, and Mayweather and NBA YoungBoy later had a child together, keeping the case in public view long after the stabbing itself.
Mayweather's attorney, Kent Schaffer, said the defense believed Jacobs attacked Mayweather, but that view did not change the liability finding or the size of the award. The unresolved question now is whether Mayweather will challenge the judgment, but unless a court cuts it down, the financial burden is already fixed at $50.105 million.
