In a lawsuit reviewed by the Daily Mail, Wilder is accused of abusing Kerron Swift over nearly a decade, including while he was a minor. According to the lawsuit, in an alleged incident from 2022, Wilder is accused of grabbing Kerron Swift by the throat, lifting him into the air, slamming him into a wall, and throwing him on a table like a ragdoll. Kerron Swift claims he believed he was going to die during the alleged 2022 incident and claims to have suffered physical injuries and long-term emotional trauma from the alleged abuse. Deontay Wilder is being sued for battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault, negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment. The evidence supporting Kerron Swift's allegations in the lawsuit has not been publicly detailed, and the current legal status of the lawsuit against Deontay Wilder remains unclear.
A lawyer for Deontay Wilder has branded the accusations false and the timing of the lawsuit suspicious. According to Paul Patterson, the timing of this lawsuit is suspicious since Mr. Wilder fights in less than 48 hours. Patterson also stated that it is clearly obvious this lawsuit and the timing of it was orchestrated and done by design to attempt to embarrass Mr Wilder by leveling false allegations against him. He added that Wilder is well-known in his community as a loving and caring father who would never physically discipline his kids or anyone else's children. Deontay Wilder faces Britain's Dereck Chisora in London on Saturday night. How Deontay Wilder has responded in detail to each specific allegation is not fully known.