The story of George Foreman is considered one of the greatest in all of sports. A heavyweight boxer with power, strength and thunder, Foreman knocked out Joe Frazier en route to the heavyweight championship in 1973. Less than 2 years later, he was knocked out by Mohammad. Ali in the famous match “Rumble in the Jungle”. After that, the boxer known as “Big George” went through a long dark period that ended when Foreman had a religious experience after losing to Jimmy Young in 1977. Foreman returned to the ring 10 years later. , happier and heavier, to try to regain the heavyweight title. Everyone laughed, but not when, in 1994, Foreman actually accomplished his goal, beating Michael Moore to regain the heavyweight crown he had lost 20 years earlier.
Since that time, Foreman has become the name behind a famous and lucrative grilling line. He’s also been a spokesperson for many other productions and even has a short sitcom of his own. This week, however, the 73-year-old’s fans have been rocked by allegations that he sexually assaulted two girls who then had their armpits cut in the 1970s – accusations the former This two-time player firmly denied. “Two women filed a lawsuit Wednesday in California,” The New York Times claims, “alleged that George Foreman, a former world heavyweight boxing champion, sexually abused them while they were teenagers in California in the 1970s.”
Follow Times, Foreman addressed the charges in July, saying that “for the past six months, two women have attempted to blackmail me and my family millions of dollars each. They are falsely claiming that I sexually abused them more than 45 years ago in the 1970s. I firmly and unequivocally deny these allegations. Anonymous accusers, whose father works with or for Foreman, allege that Foreman played a grooming role for quite a long time before having sex with them against their will, going as far as threatened to fire one of the victim’s fathers to keep things quiet.The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday.
“I will work with my attorneys to fully and honestly expose the conspiracy of my accusers,” Foreman said in a July statement, “and defend myself in court. I don’t fight, but I don’t run away from them either.”
