A judge has granted a bid by Floyd Mayweather’s attorney to withdraw from representing the retired fighter in a lawsuit by a man who alleges he was assaulted by the former boxer’s bodyguard in 2022.

On Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rupert A. Byrdsong signed the order on behalf of attorney Felton Thomas Newell Jr. and said it would be effective once Newell serves it on Mayweather. Byrdsong also scheduled a trial-setting conference for Nov. 19.

In June, the judge rejected Newell’s bid to step down from the case because he had not filed the proper forms to accompany his request.

Newell maintained in his court papers that a “conflict of interest” has developed and that there has been an “irreparable breakdown” in his communications with Mayweather, both of which prevent the atto

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