Las Vegas, Jan 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Manny Pacquiao has sued Floyd Mayweather, the American’s father Floyd Sr., his uncle Roger and Golden Boy Promotions for falsely accusing him of using performance-enhancing drugs in a Las Vegas court.

“Mr. Pacquiao simply could not allow these false, reckless and malicious statements to go unanswered. He had no choice but to file this lawsuit to protect his good name and reputation, which has been earned after years and years of hard work. Whether or not the fight goes forward, whomever he fights next, he’s not going to sit by and let people publicly accuse him of being a cheater. There is absolutely no basis for such statements to be made about him.” Pacquiao’s attorney Daniel Petrocelli told Reuters.

The attorney is saying that the minimum figure that they are willing to settle is around $75,000, even though he says that the damages in this case are basically of Manny Pacquiao’s reputation are to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.

The lawsuit takes offence to the fact that Mayweather had alleged that Manny was taking drugs to enhance his performance. Manny has stressed that he achieved success by sheer hard work and not due to drugs or steroids.