{"id":511323,"date":"2026-04-03T20:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511323\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T20:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:17:11","slug":"boxing-star-deontay-wilder-denies-shocking-claims-he-beat-ex-fiancees-son-and-left-him-in-fear-of-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511323\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing star Deontay Wilder denies shocking claims he ‘beat ex-fiancee’s son and left him in fear of his life’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By DANIEL MATTHEWS, US SENIOR SPORTS WRITER<\/a> <\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 12:30 EDT, 3 April 2026 | Updated: 12:31 EDT, 3 April 2026 <\/p>\n

Boxing star Deontay Wilder<\/a> is facing stunning allegations just days before he returns to the ring, with the son of his ex-fiancee claiming the former heavyweight champion beat him so brutally that he feared for his life.<\/p>\n

Wilder, one of the most powerful punchers in boxing history, denies the claims made in a lawsuit by\u00a0Kerron Swift, the child of Wilder’s ex Telli Swift.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A lawyer for the 40-year-old, who faces Britain’s Dereck Chisora<\/a> in London on Saturday night, has branded the accusations ‘false’ and the timing of the lawsuit ‘suspicious.’<\/p>\n

In the document, which has been reviewed by the Daily Mail, Wilder is accused of abusing Swift over nearly a decade, including while he was a minor.<\/p>\n

He is being sued for battery,\u00a0intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault, negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Among the shocking claims in the lawsuit is an alleged incident from 2022, when the boxer is accused of grabbing Swift – then just 16 – by the throat, lifting him into the air, slamming him into a wall and throwing him on a table ‘like a ragdoll.’<\/p>\n

In the lawsuit, Swift claims he believed he was going to die.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Deontay Wilder is accused of beating the son of his ex-fiancee, Telli Swift (right, in 2018)<\/p>\n

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The boxing star denies the allegations, with his lawyer calling the lawsuit’s timing ‘suspicious’<\/p>\n

Wilder is also accused of whipping the boy with a belt in 2019 – leaving with him bruises – and slapping him so hard in a car that Swift – then just 13 – hit his head on the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Swift claims to have suffered physical injuries and long-term emotional trauma from the alleged abuse, at the hands of a man described as possessing ‘extraordinary physical power’.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the Daily Mail, Wilder’s attorney, Paul Patterson, said:\u00a0‘It is clearly obvious this lawsuit and the timing of it was orchestrated and done by design to attempt to embarrass Mr Wilder by leveling false allegations against him.<\/p>\n

‘He is well-known in our community as a loving and caring father, who would never physically discipline his kids or anyone else’s children. And we look forward to defending this matter in a court of law.’<\/p>\n

Patterson also told TMZ ‘the timing of this lawsuit is suspicious since Mr. Wilder fights in less than 48 hours.’<\/p>\n

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