Deontay Wilder accused of domestic violence by fiancée, who is granted restraining order against star boxer
Telli Swift, the fiancée of boxer Deontay Wilder, has been granted a temporary restraining order, according to him TMZ.
This stems from claims that he abused her multiple times over the past six years.
Swift, who started dating Wilder in 2015, filed for the restraining order in Los Angeles late last week and a judge approved it on Monday.
The restraining order was issued two days after Wilder was knocked out in a high-profile fight with Chinese boxer Zhilei Zhang.
The order requires Wilder to stay at least 100 yards away from Swift and the daughter they share until June 25 – when both parties will appear in court.
Deontay Wilder has been accused of domestic violence by his fiancée Telli Swift
Swift says Wilder has strangled her several times and was afraid he would become violent again
In her filing, Swift has accused Wilder of choking her “at least five times” since 2018. She also claims he spit on her several times and even said she “almost choked” when Wilder pushed her face into a pillow in a fit of rage. anger for a long time.
She also claims that Wilder was able to access her laptop without permission in mid-April and sent disturbing messages to her personal and professional contacts.
Swift also says Wilder would constantly ridicule and threaten her – while expecting her to have intercourse with him “three times a day.”
She also says she was kicked out of their Atlanta home on April 15, despite being in the midst of recovering from a recent invasive surgery.
Swift got engaged to the fighter in 2018 and says she has been living at their LA residence since she got the boot in Atlanta.
She brought their six-year-old daughter with her, but claims Wilder was spying on them through the home’s surveillance system.
Wilder and Swift met in 2015 and were engaged in 2018
The couple share one daughter – a six-year-old named Kaorii Lee – who is also in TRO
Swift added that she was afraid Wilder would become violent with her again when he returned to the LA house after the Zhang fight in Saudi Arabia.
“I believe that Deontay is capable of being physically violent towards me upon his return in June because he has indicated that he has been furious with me since April and has physically abused me in the past,” she said.
The couple had been engaged since 2018 and they both appeared on the reality TV show WAGS Atlanta.
Wilder has eight children: three boys and five girls; including four with his ex-wife Jessica Scales. This also includes Kaorii Lee Wilder whom he shares with Swift.
His most recent fight ended in a fifth-round knockout, dropping his career record to 43-4.
Those four losses came in his last five fights, including back-to-back defeats to Tyson Fury.
DailyMail.com has contacted Deontay Wilder’s management for comment on the matter.
