Adrien Broner was held in contempt of court and forced to return to jail by Cleveland judge Nancy Russo on Monday, after failing to meet multiple deadlines to show proof he could not pay $800,000 as part of a civil lawsuit filed by a woman he assaulted in 2018.
Cleveland.com reports that Broner claimed he had just over $13 in a court filing on Oct. 5, however Judge Russo cited an Instagram post by Broner over the weekend that shows him handling large sums of money.
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Russo then ordered that Broner remain in jail until he can provide complete and honest information about his finances to the victim's attorney, Subodh Chandra and the Chandra Law Firm.
“Mr. Broner has continually defied every court ordered I’ve given,” Russo said during the hearing. “The jig is up today.”
The 2018 incident, in which Broner was accused of forcing himself upon the woman in a nightclub, was not contested by the former four-weight world champion in civil court.
Broner, 31, also pled down charges from “gross sexual imposition, a fourth-degree felony, misdemeanor sexual imposition and abduction, a third-degree felony" to “assault and unlawful restraint,” which meant he avoided prison and was instead sentenced to two years' probation.
However, Broner was then put behind bars for seven days in August for violating that probation in March on drunken driving charges.
Now he is back in jail for as long as it takes him to get his affairs in order, which puts his hopes of a return to the ring in the near future on the shelf.
Broner, whose last outing was a limp defeat to the legendary Manny Pacquiao way back in January 2019, had recently spoke of his desire to face Ivan Redkach in his return.
"Man, I would love to go in there and stop him," Broner told The Last Stand's Brian Custer. "It'd be a good fight. You know, especially me coming off, I've been off for what, two years?
"I don't care if we fight. I mean, as long as my money right, we gonna have a hell of a fight. I'm gonna f— him up, though. He asking for it. He (has) been begging for it."
Stephen Espinoza, Showtime's president of sports and event programming, had spoken of plans to have Broner fight on the premium channel in January.