on december 28, 2009, video from an episode of hbo's "pacquiao–hatton: 24/7" surfaced on the internet showing pacquiao giving blood in the weeks leading up to his may 2, 2009, bout with ricky hatton. documents confirmed that the video was recorded on april 8, 2009, 24 days prior to the fight and past the 30-day cut-off date that pacquiao had demanded for a mayweather fight. pacquiao filed suit in u.s. district court in nevada on december 30, 2009, against floyd mayweather jr., floyd mayweather sr., roger mayweather, mayweather promotions and golden boy promotions executives oscar de la hoya and richard schaefer, alleging that they made false and defamatory statements accusing him of taking performance-enhancing drugs.