{"id":578603,"date":"2026-04-03T01:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/578603\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T01:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:57:13","slug":"deontay-wilder-sued-by-ex-fiancees-son-over-alleged-abuse-boxer-denies-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/578603\/","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder Sued by Ex-Fianc\u00e9e\u2019s Son Over Alleged Abuse, Boxer Denies Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Deontay Wilder<\/a> was just hit with explosive allegations outside the ring \u2026 with a new lawsuit accusing the former heavyweight champ of repeatedly beating a minor over several years … but the boxer’s attorney is calling the claims not only untrue, but “suspicious.”<\/p>\n

TMZ Sports<\/a> has obtained court documents where Wilder is accused by Kerron Swift — son of his ex-fianc\u00e9e Telli Swift — of brutally attacking him while he was living under the Bronze Bomber’s roof as a kid.<\/p>\n

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Swift alleges the abuse stretched from around 2016 through 2024 \u2026 and paints a disturbing picture of life inside the household.<\/p>\n

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During one alleged incident, Swift says Wilder slapped him so hard inside a car that his head smashed into the interior, leaving him dazed — he was just 13 at the time.<\/p>\n

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Another claim centers on a 2019 beating \u2026 where Swift says Wilder whipped him with a belt, leaving visible bruises across his body.<\/p>\n

But the most chilling allegation comes from a 2022 encounter. Swift, who was 16 at the time, claims Wilder grabbed him by the throat, lifted him off his feet, slammed him against a wall and hurled him onto a table “like a ragdoll.”<\/p>\n

Swift says he genuinely believed he was going to die.<\/p>\n

He also said his mother photographed contusions and abrasions covering his neck and throat after Wilder left the scene.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit leans into Wilder\u2019s own public persona, too \u2026 pointing to past comments about wanting \u201ca body\u201d on his record as evidence of a violent mindset.<\/p>\n

\u201cI beat him to an inch of his life the first time,” Wilder is quoted in the lawsuit as saying about a boxing opponent. “This time, I\u2019ma END his life. I want a body on my record anyway. I wanna put a body there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilder — one of the most feared punchers in boxing history — is a former WBC heavyweight champion who held the belt from 2015-20 and an Olympic bronze medalist known for devastating knockout power. He has more than 40 career wins and one of the highest KO rates in boxing history.<\/p>\n

Swift is now suing him for a laundry list of claims — including battery, assault, emotional distress, and false imprisonment — and is seeking damages to be determined at trial. He claims to have suffered physical injuries and long-term emotional trauma.<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s also demanding a jury hear the case.<\/p>\n

Wilder’s attorney, Paul Patterson, denies the claims … telling TMZ Sports they look forward to defending the case.<\/p>\n

“This is obviously an attempt to smear the good name of Deontay\u00a0Wilder in pursuit of personal gain. Deontay Wilder is known as a loving and caring father who has never physically disciplined any child of his own or anyone else.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing of this lawsuit is suspicious since Mr. Wilder fights in less than 48 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilder is currently in London preparing to fight Derek Chisora on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder was just hit with explosive allegations outside the ring \u2026 with a new lawsuit accusing the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,44,82,865,866],"class_list":{"0":"post-578603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sports-news","14":"tag-tmz-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}