{"id":915540,"date":"2026-09-30T16:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/915540\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:58:09","slug":"deontay-wilder-denies-assault-claims-from-ex-fiancees-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/915540\/","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder Denies Assault Claims From Ex-Fiancee&#8217;s Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Deontay Wilder<br \/>\n                          I Never Laid a Finger on Ex-Fianc\u00e9e&#8217;s Son<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              September 30, 2026<br \/>\n                            8:45 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260930_9e6a55065ca74308944c75f5c29742cf\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f9adf984-43c0-4139-b2e6-7e6d2910bc50\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9e6a55065ca74308944c75f5c29742cf_md.jpg\" alt=\"deontay wilder and Telli Swift getty insta 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/deontay-wilder\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deontay Wilder<\/a> says his ex-fianc\u00e9e Telli Swift&#8217;s son&#8217;s allegations that the boxer brutally beat him up are totally bogus.<\/p>\n<p>Deontay makes a vehement denial in new legal docs obtained by TMZ &#8230; and his legal team goes even further &#8230; claiming, among other things, if Kerron Swift suffered any injuries, those were caused by pre-existing conditions or unrelated events.<\/p>\n<p>In addition &#8230; they say that Kerron cannot back up his claims of emotional distress, false imprisonment, assault and battery.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>TMZ Sports reported earlier &#8230; Kerron said Deontay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/02\/deontay-wilder-accused-beating-ex-fiance-son-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slapped him<\/a> when he was 13, and in a separate alleged incident, beat him with a belt until he was bruised.<\/p>\n<p>Kerron also claimed Deontay grabbed his throat before throwing him around &#8220;like a ragdoll.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Deontay is now punching back, legally &#8230; and he says Kerron is full of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder I Never Laid a Finger on Ex-Fianc\u00e9e&#8217;s Son Published September 30, 2026 8:45 AM PDT Deontay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":915541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-915540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915540","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=915540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}