Boxing champ Jermain Taylor is selling real estate property for $1.2 million. The house apparently, has a dark past.
In a report by TMZ Sports, Taylor is putting up his mansion at Little Rock, Arkansas for sale. The 39-acre estate features 5,071 square feet of living space with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. It has a sparkling pool, a media room and a wet bar.
The downside is that the property is also the focus of a police investigation.
According to ESPN, Taylor was previously arrested in August 2014 for allegedly shooting his cousin Tyrone Hinton in his suburban mansion, which is now for sale. He was initially charged with first-degree domestic battery and aggravated assault for the incident and was booked into the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility.
According to police records obtained by ESPN, allegedly, the two cousins had an altercation at the boxer's residence where Taylor pulled a handgun and fired several rounds. Hinton was seriously injured and stayed at a hospital. ArkansasMatters.com reported that Hinton's son was also at the scene but was not injured. .
The incident occurred just a couple of weeks after Taylor finalized a deal against Australian Sam Soliman. At the time, Taylor referred to his cousin as an "intruder", TMZ added.
His fight against Soliman proceeded where Taylor won the IBF middleweight title via unanimous decision, while out on bail. He posted a $25,000 bond to participate in the bout.
Tyrone Hinton's brother, Kevin, told ArkansasMatters.com that he will not press charges against Taylor. He said, "It's hard, but knowing he's going to be all right, everything is much better." According to Kevin, Tyrone was shot five times. Four bullets went straight through but the fifth was lodged in his pelvis. He added, "He was blessed truly blessed, he wasn't lucky none of that, he was blessed."
He also shared details about his conversation with Taylor.
"I talked to Jermain earlier, he is really sorry and remorseful, but does not negate the fact that my brother is laying in the hospital, no. But we're all family, we'll work it out as a family."
It is not certain whether Taylor's decision to sell the house was a move on his part to move on and work out matters "as a family". But interested buyers who can equally dismiss the violent background of the house can acquire the sprawling estate for $1.2 million.
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