Former heavyweight boxing champion, George Foreman, was sued last summer by two women who claimed he sexually abused them 45 years ago when they were underage.
Now, the former gold medal Olympian is countersuing, alleging one of the women tried to extort $12 million from him before she filed the lawsuit.
On Monday, Foreman filed his paperwork against his accuser, Gwen H, TMZ Sports reports.
The media outlet obtained documents stating that Foreman had acknowledged that he can’t sue his accuser for the allegations she leveled at him in her lawsuit. Yet, he stated that since she spoke at a news conference about the allegations three months after she filed, she stepped outside that protection. During the news conference, she went into detail about the allegations against Foreman, saying, “He asked me to remove my clothes, and if I didn’t then my father would be fired, so I complied.” In the legal paperwork submitted to the court, the retired boxer contended that Gwen H’s sexual abuse accusations, which she repeated during the press conference, were “entirely fabricated.” Foreman went on to say the alleged victim had “zero corroborating evidence in the form of documents, photographs, letters, or witnesses to support Gwen’s false claims against Foreman.” He also asserted that she is “hoping that the passage of time will excuse her complete lack of evidence.” In the lawsuit, Foreman also said that she had allegedly requested more than $12 million from him or she would go public...
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