George Foreman is reportedly about to face a lawsuit from two ladies accusing him of sexual abuse within the Seventies.
The legendary former boxer, now 73 years previous, denies the allegations and says they're an extortion try.
“Over the previous six months, two ladies have been attempting to extort thousands and thousands of dollars every from me and my household. They're falsely claiming that I sexually abused them over 45 years in the past within the Seventies. I adamantly and categorically deny these allegations,” Foreman mentioned in a press release to The Submit.
“The satisfaction I soak up my popularity means as a lot to me as my sports activities accomplishments, and I can't be intimidated by baseless threats and lies. I'm, and all the time shall be, guided by my religion and belief in God. I'll work with my legal professionals to completely and honestly expose my accusers’ scheme and defend myself in court docket. I don’t choose fights, however I don’t run away from them both.”
TMZ experiences that the 2 ladies’s fathers had been mates with Foreman and had a “working relationship” with him on the time, and that a lawsuit is anticipated to be filed in Los Angeles within the coming days.
Since January, the ladies have been asking Foreman to pay them $12.5 million every, the report mentioned.
Foreman received the Olympic gold medal in heavyweight boxing in Mexico Metropolis in 1968 and received the heavyweight title in 1973 earlier than shedding it to Muhammad Ali the next yr. He made a surprising return to boxing in 1994, on the age of 45, and beat 26-year-old and undefeated Michael Moorer to win the WBA and IBF heavyweight championships.
Foreman made a fortune in his post-fighting profession as an entrepreneur, most notably from his eponymous grill, which finally earned him over $200 million, in line with experiences.
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