Amir Khan Set for Court Battle as He Denies Making Secret Sex Tapes Amid Blackmail Allegations with Wife

BOXING great Amir Khan faces a courtroom showdown after denying sex tape and blackmail claims.

The ex-world champ is accused in High Court documents, alongside his wife , of making threats.

Boxing great Amir Khan faces a courtroom showdown after denying sex tape and blackmail claims Credit: Doug Seeburg Khan and his wife want up to £100,000 in ­damages after launching a libel lawsuit against solicitor Faryaal Hussain Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

The couple have launched a libel lawsuit against ­solicitor Faryaal Hussain after she made the claims on a podcast in 2023.

and his wife, who want up to £100,000 in ­damages, deny the allegations — calling them false, malicious and unproven.

Khan, 39, was also accused of sending unsolicited naked photos to women.

Ms Hussain’s 21-page defence document, filed at the High Court this month, sets out detailed claims against Khan and his wife.

He allegedly sent messages to women via .

In one case he is said to have recorded a woman ­during an intimate act.

She then received an “aggressive call” from Khan, Ms Hussain claims.

He told the woman that if the public knew what had happened it “would jeopardise his hit reality show Meet the Khans”, it is alleged.

His wife, 33, also made threats, the documents say.

Another woman was allegedly promised £20,000 by Khan after he began talking to her in 2023.

He is said to have sent “frequent late-night messages containing sexualised compliments and intrusive questions” about her body.

Paperwork shows that Ms Hussain, the defendant in the lawsuit, will rely on the truth defence to defamation.

Ms Hussain’s 21-page defence document sets out detailed claims against Khan and his wife Faryal Makhdoom Credit: Getty Khan married Makhdoom in 2013 and reconciled after a brief split in 2017 Credit: Getty

Allegations are not libellous if they are substantially true, but a defendant must prove them on the balance of probabilities.

Khan and his wife are likely to be asked to take the stand if there is a trial.

David Lemer, the barrister acting for Ms Hussain, said: “The defendant acted out of a genuine concern for public safety, did not seek to profit from the publication and has not profited from [it].

“She considered the ­matters identified, and the claimants’ conduct towards the women were of the utmost public importance.”

Khan, who at the 2004 Olympics, retired from in 2022.

He and Faryal, who wed in 2013, in 2017 after he was accused of cheating with nine women.

They later that year.

In 2023, the dad of three to stop him sexting women.

No trial date has yet been set by the High Court.