Two women have filed lawsuits in a Los Angeles court against George Foreman, claiming that the former boxer sexually abused them when they were teenagers in the 1970s.

According to Reuters, a suit from one of the women alleged that Foreman had sex with her when she was 15 in San Francisco. Another suit filed by a separate woman accused Foreman of raping her when she was 15 and 16.

One of the lawsuits also claims that Foreman threatened to fire the woman's father, who was an adviser of his, if she did not comply. Both women say their fathers were associates of Foreman and met him when they were children.

Foreman, 73, has previously denied the accusations.