Yaya Mayweather Ordered to Pay $50.1 Million in 2020 Stabbing Case Involving NBA YoungBoy

Iyanna “Yaya” Mayweather, daughter of former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., has been ordered to pay $50.105 million to Lapattra Jacobs over a 2020 stabbing at rapper NBA YoungBoy’s Texas home. The civil judgment, signed on May 20, 2026, reportedly became public this month and represents a major development more than six years after the confrontation.

The award is separate from Mayweather’s earlier criminal case. She pleaded guilty in 2022 to felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and received six years of deferred-adjudication probation instead of a prison sentence. The new civil ruling focuses on the financial consequences of Jacobs’ injuries and the damages the court determined she suffered.

The case dates back to April 2020, when Mayweather was 19 and became involved in an altercation with Jacobs at NBA YoungBoy’s Houston-area residence. Jacobs suffered serious arm injuries and underwent surgery after being transported to a hospital.

Court Awards More Than $50 Million in Damages

According to court documents reported by Complex, the judge awarded Jacobs $40.105 million in compensatory damages and an additional $10 million in exemplary damages. The total comes to $50.105 million, before applicable interest and court costs.

The compensatory award covers both losses already experienced and damages expected in the future. The court awarded $105,000 for medical expenses and $2 million each for past pain and mental anguish, physical impairment, loss of earning capacity and disfigurement. Approximately another $32 million was assigned to corresponding future damages.

The judge also determined that Mayweather was entirely responsible for the incident in the civil case. The court assigned 100% responsibility to Mayweather and 0% to Jacobs, while finding that Jacobs acted in self-defense. The additional exemplary damages were tied to the court’s finding that Mayweather’s conduct was intentional and involved a deadly weapon.

Mayweather’s criminal defense attorney, Kent Schaffer, previously maintained that his client acted in self-defense. Following the 2020 arrest, Schaffer argued that Jacobs had attacked Mayweather first, although Mayweather ultimately accepted a guilty plea in the criminal proceeding.

When the criminal case was resolved in 2022, Schaffer said Mayweather had accepted the agreement as the “safest resolution” and noted that she avoided prison through the six-year probation arrangement. The criminal proceedings and the later civil lawsuit were separate matters, meaning the new $50.105 million judgment does not replace or alter the earlier probation sentence.

The civil lawsuit also originally involved NBA YoungBoy, whose legal name is Kentrell Gaulden. However, the latest judgment places responsibility for the damages entirely on Mayweather rather than the rapper. Gaulden and Mayweather later had a son together.

Can Yaya Mayweather Actually Pay $50.1 Million?

The size of the judgment does not necessarily mean Jacobs will immediately receive $50.105 million. Collection depends on what assets Mayweather owns and what legal steps are available to enforce the judgment.

That issue was raised years ago by Schaffer, who told reporters that Mayweather had “no meaningful assets” and argued that any civil judgment would therefore be difficult to collect.

The judgment is against Iyanna Mayweather, not Floyd Mayweather. There is no indication in the reported ruling that Floyd is personally responsible for his adult daughter’s civil liability. Any future collection efforts, appeals or settlement discussions would therefore concern Mayweather and Jacobs directly.