Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh on Thursday threatened to take legal action against the British woman who has accused him of sexual harassment, alleging she used his social media accounts to post her side of the story without his consent.
Insisting that they were good friends but there was no "romantic relationship", the 29-year-old denied the allegations of a sexual harassment against him by the British woman hockey player of Indian origin.
"last time when I was playing in Spain, she had access to my emails as earlier my friends used to use these," Sardar Singh told a news conference.
"Some tweets that were attributed to me were also misused. She had also announced through Twitter that we will get married soon. At that time we were playing in Spain," he said.
"We met before london Olympics (in 2012) through Facebook and then we have not met," Sardar Singh, who is representing Jaypee Punjab Warriors in the Hockey India league (HIl), added.
"There was no romantic relationship. I agree that she went to my home. But there was no much talk between my parents and her parents."
Sardar Singh, a DSP with Haryana Police, said he was not in touch with the woman for two years and the allegation regarding rape and getting her child aborted were false. "When (police) report comes, I will see what legal action is required," he added.
Punjab Police on Wednesday constituted a special investigation team to look into allegations of "sexual exploitation" levelled by the 21-year-old British national against Sardar Singh. Police have not registered any case against him so far.
Clarifying that he played safe in his relationship with the woman, he said, "She took my passwords (of my social media accounts) from my friends. She posted on her own that we are getting married. At that time (playing in Spain), I informed my coaches. My entire focus is on hockey. I will take legal action against her."
The woman had alleged that Sardar refused to marry her after exploiting her. She hails from leeds and comes from a business family. She alleged that she was "mentally, physically and emotionally tortured". The complainant is the first Sikh to play in Britain's Under-19 women's hockey team.
The woman alleged that Sardar got engaged to her in 2014 and she became pregnant last year as a result of their physical relationship. She said he forced her to abort and began avoiding her thereafter.
In the past, Sardar had posted tweets and his photographs with the British woman. Sardar, who was accompanied by his lawyers, faced a volley of questions over the nature of his relationship with the woman and the allegations levelled by her against him.