John Tomic to take legal action over Hewitt bullying Bernard.
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The father of under-fire star Bernard Tomic has levelled sensational accusations against Lleyton Hewitt as Australia’s ugly tennis feud goes nuclear.
John Tomic told the Sydney Morning Herald that Hewitt left his son traumatised when he was 17 following an incident in 2010 when he tried to pressure him into revealing who in Tennis Australia was “against” him.
Tomic claimed this week no Australian players liked Hewitt, sparking a bombshell accusation from the Davis Cup skipper.Hewitt claimed Tomic had threatened him and his family and tried to blackmail him. Tomic responded by calling the former World No. 1 a “liar”.
“Bernard said something on the television before that Lleyton didn’t like,” Tomic snr said. “(Hewitt) came into Bernard’s room, closed the door and pushed (Davis Cup captain) John Fitzgerald out and he said, ‘You have to tell me who from TA is against me’.” Tomic Snr said Hewitt was on crutches at the time and told his son he would not play Davis Cup for Australia again unless he spoke up about TA. “He tried to force him to say something,” Tomic Snr said. “Bernard was shocked, he couldn’t sleep all night. Bernard had made a comment at Melbourne Park that mentioned Lleyton Hewitt. That comment Lleyton didn’t like and he asked, ‘Who told you to say that?’ “He was young ... 16 and a half or 17. How can you come in the room and threaten him and say you won’t play Davis Cup and say you won’t be close to me if you don’t tell me who from Tennis Australia is telling you what to say?”
John Tomic confirmed they would take legal action against Hewitt next week. “We will prove that Bernard has trauma from 2010 when Bernard was the youngest player in Davis Cup for Australia,” he said. “They will try to protect him but we will find the truth in the court.”
