Inside Amir Khan and Faryal Makhdoom’s VERY troubled relationship, including a jaw-dropping sex tape scandal, a bitter family feud and now bizarre ‘Anthony Joshua cheat’ claims
THEIR marriage has been plagued by allegations of infidelity since their lavish New York wedding in May 2013.
Now, Amir Khan has split from wife Faryal Makhdoom after accusing her of cheating on him with boxer Anthony Joshua, according to a string of explosive Twitter posts.
The pair became embroiled in a bitter social media spat this afternoon as Amir, 30, appeared to accuse his wife of running off with Anthony Joshua – before she fired back calling him a “cheater”.
The couple were introduced through a mutual friend, and tied the knot in a glamorous 1000-guest ceremony at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 2013.
Their daughter, Lamisah, was born the following year.
But their romance was rocked after a long-rumoured sex tape of Amir was was leaked online.
The X-rated clip shows him in just a T-shirt and boxer shorts performing a sex act on himself while in conversation with a female model on the video call service Skype.
It is believed to have been made just weeks after the former world champ’s wedding to Faryal.
Faryal was said to be “absolutely disgusted” by the video — which has been published on a major US porn website.
The pair appeared side-by-side to put on a united front during an appearance on ITV’s This Morning.
Amir said on the show: “I love my wife, and I love my family. The marriage is brilliant, it’s going really well. Everything is fine between with us.”
While Faryal added: “It’s just the past that’s coming back to try and bring us down.
“But our focus is now the next fight.”
The marriage has been rocked by several claims of Amir cheating on his wife.
In 2015, reality show star Lateysha Grace claimed she was offered £2,000 by Amir for a foursome in Miami.
The Sun also revealed how he spent the night with former escort Christie Lee Hoyle while his wife was pregnant in 2013.
Around the same time he allegedly bombarded Clair Nuttall with lewd texts urging her to perform sex acts on him and begging for a threesome.
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Faryal confronted Clair and French lingerie model Eglantine-Flore Aguilar over their alleged trysts.
Amir has also been linked with a string of other women, including model Natalie Fox and Playboy star Carla Howe.
Cheating allegations aside, Amir and Faryal’s marriage has also been blighted by a bitter family feud.
The row started when Faryal posted a “naked” selfie on her Instagram – and Amir's Muslim parents were allegedly disappointed to see their daughter-in-law wearing very little clothing.
Faryal then took to Snapchat to blast her in-laws, claiming that she was being abused by them.
She accused her mother-in-law, Falak Khan, of trying to break the couple up when she was pregnant with their child: “When you force your son to divorce his wife, When she’s nine months pregnant!!!
“And your son doesn’t … and he sticks besides his wife. He’s called a p***y!???
“Ok, I’m guessing Islam teaches us to get married and divorce our wives and treat them bad???”
That was followed by Amir's father Sajjad Khan branding her "very evil" and hinting divorce could be on the cards for the couple.
"She is trying to come between us, she is trying to break up the very close relationship we have with Amir. She is a very evil woman," he said, according to the .
"I have given and taken with her. We all have. All she wants is the limelight."
In response, Faryal's own parents, Shaukat and Zia Makhdoom, sent an impassioned plea to their son-in-law not to start divorce proceedings.
"We have hearts, hearts that are broken when we hear such things. We are living in fear that at any moment our daughter will get divorced," said Faryal's mother.
"Please accept the girl as your own daughter. And please don't say such a word to any girl, to anyone's daughter.
"We are parents too. We are living in fear that at any moment our daughter will get divorced. May they always live happily."
The vicious feud had caused Amir to lose contact with his family.
Faryal told The Sun that Amir is going through the “lowest point” of his life after being estranged from his parents.
She said: “I think after everything Amir has been through I’m the only one still standing here – no one else is. I don’t see some of his friends, I don’t see some of his family members.
“So all the people who said his wife’s not going to be around and his wife is after his money you know what I’m still here at the lowest point of my husbands life.
“So that makes him realise that she is the one and all the negativity and stuff Amir gets you know what at the end of the day he comes home to me.”
In January, Amir’s younger brother told of his “bitter disappointment” after the boxer snubbed his wedding.
Haroon Khan, 25, even claimed that Amir “didn’t even send a message of congratulations” when he married Arifia,.
Last month, The Sun reported that Amir and Faryal had planned to renew their wedding vows just four years into their long-suffering marriage.
But today, Amir is believed to have taken to Twitter and commented: “So me and the wife Faryal have agreed to split. I’m currently in Dubai. Wish her all the best.”
He then tagged Anthony Joshua in a tweet that read:“Faryal moved on quick. Always mentioned to me how much she wanted to be with another guy, from all people another boxer.
“Lol moved up in the weight classes lol. Trust me I ain’t the jealous type. No need to send me pictures of the men your talking to.”
Tweets from Faryal’s account hit back at the claims as she branded her husband a “cheater” and “bad role model, always around women and alcohol.”
Faryal blasted Bolton-born Amir just minutes after tweets were posted from the boxer’s account writing: “Accusing other boxers just because your boxing career is finished. Man up amir.”
She continued: “After all these years. I’ve always defending a cheat, always stuck around for him, always had his back. And I’m called a gold digger?
“LOL! He’s given me jack s*** — I pay house bills and bills for my daughter myself! It’s like I’m a single mother while he’s out messing around.
“And he has the nerve to blast me like that? The amount of evidence I have on you. It can destroy you. But since I loved you at one point in my life. I’ll just let it go.
“I’m not the one who’s been in the papers every month with my pants down Cheater!”
Faryal continued to hit out at her husband over his rumoured infidelities before branding him a “#30yearoldbaby” after he tweeted “Mans like Joshua can have my left overs!”.
She tweeted: “maybe your boxing career is finished because you’re an adulterer.
“At the end of the day I can hold my head high knowing I’ve given this marriage my 100% while amir clearly hasn’t. Bad company.
“Bad role model, always around women , alcohol and then he calls himself a Muslim and runs a charity.
“I’m sorry to all the fans & family hurt by this. But amir did not need to do stupid tweets accusing others when he’s in the wrong.#guilty
“I think he just needs some attention because boxing hasn’t been going well for him so he’s just been acting up”.
Amir’s family were even dragged into the explosive feud after a tweet posted from the former world champion’s account said: “Left my family and friends for this Faryal. I’m not hurt but another fighter. I’m making it public. You getting the divorce.”
A tweet from Faryal’s account hit back: “I’m sure you left your family because they robbed you? Not because of me. Stop making false things up.”
It seems Amir’s family have waded into the row with a family source telling : “Amir and Faryal have split up. It’s over.
“There have been problems in the relationship for a long time and they were headed for a separation. It’s the best outcome. She’s a gold-digger.”