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Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao has sued Floyd Mayweather Jr., his father, and some members of the American’s camp early in their planned March 13 fight for alleging that he was taking performance-enhancing illegal drugs (PEDS). Pacquiao filed a defamation complaint by lawyer Daniel Petrocelli in a federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila). Petrocelli is best known for winning a death civil case against OJ Simpson in 1997, known The Grand Rapids Press. “Calling a professional athlete a cheater is the most serious charge one can make and the world today, the accusations of an athlete using performance-enhancing drugs - however baseless and lacking evidence — are toxic, “said the cases are reported by Inquirer (AFP). The lawsuit named Mayweather, his father, Floyd Sr., and uncle Roger Mayweather as defendants. It asked for damages of more than U.S. $ 75,000. Golden Boy Promotions’ Oscar de la Hoya and Richard Schaefer was named as having “stated publicly that Pacquiao is used and using performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids.” According to the case, Mayweather told The Guardian that he was “great doubt on the level of fairness I would be facing the ring that night.” He also remarked on radio in October, ” ‘We know why the Philippines got the best enhancing drugs.”