Deontay Wilder “vehemently denies” allegations he bodily assaulted the son of his ex-partner, says the previous world heavyweight boxing champion’s lawyer.
US outlet TMZ, exterior stories Kerron Swift has filed a civil lawsuit suing Wilder for claims together with “battery, assault, emotional misery, and false imprisonment”.
Swift – the son of Wilder’s ex-fiancee Telli Swift – claims the abuse occurred between 2016 and 2024, a interval throughout which he was a minor.
BBC Sport has not seen the lawsuit, however Wilder’s lawyer Paul Patterson confirmed it had been filed in Los Angeles.
He stated his consumer denied allegations which had been “riddled with full and utter fabrications” and had “by no means bodily disciplined any little one”.
“We look ahead to defending this case,” he added.
On Saturday, American Wilder beat Briton Derek Chisora by cut up determination of their heavyweight bout at London’s O2 Area.
That win got here after the 40-year-old had misplaced 4 of his earlier six bouts, and places his combat report at 45-4-1.
Patterson stated the timing of the lawsuit was a “basic smear marketing campaign” to distract from the combat.
However the legislation agency representing Swift – the X-Regulation Group PC – instructed TMZ it “filed this motion quietly and and not using a press launch – the other of what we’d have performed if the intent had been to generate publicity”.
