George Foreman is among the most well-known heavyweights in boxing historical past
Former world heavyweight champion boxer George Foreman, 74, has filed counter authorized proceedings towards a lady who has accused him of sexual abuse greater than 40 years in the past, when she was a minor.
Foreman, who fought Muhammad Ali in essentially the most well-known boxing match in historical past – The Rumble within the Jungle – is alleging that he’s being focused in an extortion try, in an announcement launched final summer season, referring to accusations that he’d sexually abused two girls within the 1970s as “baseless threats and lies.”
On Monday, the ex-boxer filed a counter lawsuit towards one of many girls, identified solely as Gwen H., who had alleged that she was groomed and finally abused by Foreman whereas she was underage.
In authorized paperwork seen by TMZ Sports activities, Foreman’s authorized workforce are stated to bear in mind that they’re powerless to sue the lady over the allegations in her personal lawsuit however state that he’s now entitled to pursue authorized proceedings attributable to a information convention held by the alleged sufferer three months after she initially filed her declare.
Foreman’s countersuit says that the allegations made towards him are “fully fabricated” and that there’s “zero corroborating proof within the type of paperwork, pictures, letters, or witnesses to assist … false claims towards Foreman.”
It’s understood that the daddy of Gwen H. was employed by Foreman on the time and she or he claims that she was advised by the boxer that her father could be fired if she went public with the alleged abuse.
Foreman has additionally detailed that Gwen H. had allegedly demanded a sum of $ 12 million from him to be able to stop the launch of authorized proceedings.
He additionally claims that he has suffered from “anxiousness, sleeplessness, fear, shock and humiliation” since his accuser’s information convention. He’s in search of unspecified damages in his lawsuit.
Foreman started his skilled boxing profession in 1969 and retired in November 1997 with a document of 76-5. He grew to become the oldest world heavyweight champion in boxing historical past when he defeated Michael Moorer for the world title in 1995 on the age of 46 years, 5 months and 18 days.