Former four-weight world champion Adrien Broner has been sentenced to seven days in prison by Cleveland's Judge Sherrie Miday for violating his probation.
Broner (33-4-1-1, 24 KOs) was arrested in 2018 for “gross sexual imposition, a fourth-degree felony, misdemeanor sexual imposition and abduction, a third-degree felony.”
The 31-year-old pled down to “assault and unlawful restraint,” receiving two years of probation.
He did not contest the subsequent civil suit against him, resulting in a $830,000 payment to the woman who alleged that Broner forcibly kissed her at a nightclub and refused to stop.
Broner was then arrested in Miami back in March on drunken-driving charges, which led to the sentence Judge Miday said she hoped would be a "wake-up call" for the boxer.
Cleveland.com reports that during Wednesday's hearing, Broner told Judge Miday he has been struggling after his wife left him, and that he needs counseling. Miday said she was glad to hear him admit that he needed help.
His last fight was a unanimous 12-round decision defeat to Manny Pacquiao for the WBA welterweight title back on January 19, 2019 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. His last win was three-and-a-half years ago, when he earned a 10-round split decision over Adrían Granados in Cincinnati.
He had held the WBO junior lightweight title from 2011 to 2012, the WBC lightweight championship from 2012 to 2013, the WBA welterweight belt in 2013, and the WBA light welterweight title from 2015 to 2016.