{"id":1555743,"date":"2022-07-15T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1555743"},"modified":"2022-07-15T07:20:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:20:36","slug":"george-foreman-responds-to-sex-abuse-accusations-i-will-not-be-intimidated-by-baseless-threats-and-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-foreman-responds-to-sex-abuse-accusations-i-will-not-be-intimidated-by-baseless-threats-and-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"George Foreman Responds to Sex Abuse Accusations: \u201cI Will Not Be Intimidated by Baseless Threats and Lies\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorge-foreman-responds-to-sex-abuse-accusations-i-will-not-be-intimidated-by-baseless-threats-and-lies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1555743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former two-time boxing world heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur, George Foreman, is facing head on some severe accusations from several women threatening to sue him for sexual abuse, claims which Foreman states are an attempt at extortion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2227\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Foreman via Brookings International YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to inside sources who spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/07\/13\/george-foreman-says-hes-being-extorted-by-2-women-denies-sexual-abuse-claims\/\">TMZ Sports<\/a>, the two women who are expected to file the lawsuit against Foreman are the children of former friends of the boxer. The accusations specifically allege that Foreman had sexually abused the two women back in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Foreman\u2019s lawyers released a statement on Wednesday as the news of the pending lawsuit began to generate more press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past six months, two women have been trying to extort millions of dollars each from me and my family,\u201d Foreman said in the statement. \u201cThey are falsely claiming that I sexually abused them over 45 years ago in the 1970s. I adamantly and categorically deny these allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.14-08.14-themixnet-62d0791433081.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1698\" height=\"970\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Foreman speaking at FreedomFest 2016 via FreeConcordRaw YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cThe pride I take in my reputation means as much to me as my sports accomplishments, and I will not be intimidated by baseless threats and lies,\u201d Foreman continued. \u201cI am, and always will be, guided by my faith and trust in God. I will work with my lawyers to fully and truthfully expose my accusers\u2019 scheme and defend myself in court.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t pick fights, but I don\u2019t run away from them either,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2219 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.14-08.14-themixnet-62d079188644c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"1202\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: joshkatzowitz Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The accusations aimed at Foreman apparently began in January of this year when the two accusers attempted to blackmail him into giving them $12.5 million each to keep them quiet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails from TheMix.net. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Foreman\u2019s legendary boxing career includes winning gold at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, and following up on that success several years later when he earned the world heavyweight title in 1973. Foreman took some time off from boxing after being defeated by Muhammad Ali in 1974, but made a triumphant return to the ring in 1994 where he won the WBA and IBF heavyweight championships.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n[embedded content]\n<\/div>\n<p>Foreman has remained an active public figure through the promotion of his popular George Foreman grill. His estimated net worth is around $300 million.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on the accusations against Foreman?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former two-time boxing world heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur, George Foreman, is facing head on some severe accusations from several women threatening to sue him for sexual abuse,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1573798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1555743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1555743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1573798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1555743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1555743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1555743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}