Two women have filed lawsuits in a Los Angeles court against former boxer George Foreman, alleging he sexually abused them as teenagers in the 1970s.
George Forman attends the Hublot x WBC "Night of Champions" Gala at the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 3, 2019.
One of the lawsuits also claims that Foreman threatened to fire the woman's father, who was an adviser of his, if she did not comply. Both women say their fathers were associates of Foreman and met him when they were children."Over the past six months, two women have been trying to extort millions of dollars each from me and my family," he said in a statement last month."They are falsely claiming that I sexually abused them over 45 years ago in the 1970s.
George Foreman fights Evander Holyfield for the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., on April 19, 1991.Foreman isn't explicitly named in the lawsuits, and instead is referred to rather simply as"Doe 1," but he is mentioned as the boxer who defeated Joe Frazier in 1973 to become the world heavyweight champion before losing the title the next year to Muhammad Ali.
of limitations for California child sexual abuse survivors reaching adulthood to initiate a claim against their abusers." George Forman attends the Hublot x WBC "Night of Champions" Gala at the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 3, 2019.