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Floyd Mayweather showered cash on Jewish causes — and now he’s suing their ‘Robin Hood’ alleging $175 million got diverted

JL;DR SUMMARY Floyd Mayweather Jr., the famous boxing champion, is embroiled in a $175 million lawsuit against his former financial manager, Jona Rechnitz, alleging significant financial misconduct. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Magen David AdomLawsuitUnited HatzalahJewish OrganizationsDonationsFraudOrthodox CommunityFloyd MayweatherJona Rechnitz

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"At LA Lakers games, promotional appearances and repeated trips to Israel he was rarely without his jeweler, friend and business adviser, Jona Rechnitz."
New York City, New York, United States
"Rechnitz pleaded guilty in 2016 in a high-profile bribery case in New York City, getting a reduced sentence in exchange for cooperation with prosecutors."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"Now the relationship has come to a screeching halt with a lawsuit Mayweather filed last week in a Manhattan court, alleging Rechnitz defrauded him."
New Jersey, United States
"Mayweather also spoke to students and faculty at Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, an Orthodox institution in New Jersey, last year, accompanied by Beer and Rechnitz."
Israel
"Each time accompanied by Rechnitz."

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