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 reviews 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 happened 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 mentioned his shopper denied allegations which have been “riddled with full and utter fabrications” and had “by no means bodily disciplined any little one”.
“We sit up for defending this case,” he added.
On Saturday, American Wilder beat Briton Derek Chisora by cut up choice of their heavyweight bout at London’s O2 Enviornment.
That win got here after the 40-year-old had misplaced 4 of his earlier six bouts, and places his battle report at 45-4-1.
Patterson mentioned the timing of the lawsuit was a “traditional smear marketing campaign” to distract from the battle.
However the regulation agency representing Swift – the X-Legislation Group PC – advised TMZ it “filed this motion quietly and with no press launch – the other of what we might have finished if the intent have been to generate publicity”.
