Jake Paul is reportedly being sued by Eddie Hearn for making 'outrageously false and baseless allegations.'

The YouTube star raised a few eyebrows earlier this week after he sensationally accused the Matchroom Boxing promoter of bribing Glenn Feldman who was one of the judges for Anthony Joshua's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.

Paul, 25, made those comments during an interview with iFL TV which has since been removed from YouTube.

But Hearn says Paul "made outrageously false and baseless allegations" and because of that he is suing him for defamation as a result.

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Jake Paul is reportedly being sued for $100 million by Eddie Hearn

Eddie Hearn is suing Jake Paul for $100 million over 'outrageously false and baseless allegations', per TMZ

He made the claim in a new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, which was filed by his attorney Frank Salzano, which states Paul owes him over £90 million worth of damages.

A statement read: "Both legally and ethically there is a clear line separating opinion from defamatory lies.

"Jake Paul knows that, and he purposely crossed that line when he wrongly accused Matchroom Boxing and Eddie Hearn of fixing fights.

"Nonetheless he was still given an opportunity to retract his defamatory statements and refused to.

"Now he will face the legal consequences of his actions as Matchroom and Mr Hearn will be seeking damages in well excess of $100 million given the value and goodwill attached to the Matchroom business and the harmful nature of Mr Paul’s comments."

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Hearn, 43, had previously threatened to sue Paul unless he retracted those statements in public.

But Paul has not publicly apologised for his recent comments - and that is why he is now suing him and claiming the controversial social media star has crossed a line by falsely accusing him of corruption.

“I hate all that but at the end of the day sometimes you’ve got to teach these people,” Hearn told Boxing Social. “You’ve got two options really - you can chin him or sue him. I’m not around him, I’m not going to chin him anyways. I hate it but it’s like it’s so idiotic and it’s actually disrespectful to the sport that he knows nothing about.

“Firstly he says ‘why does Eddie Hearn keep using these judges?’ I don’t use any judges. The commission selects all judges and various commissions around the world.

"By the way, Glenn Feldman is one of the best judges, speak to anyone in the sport. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. To make those allegations, really it p***ed me off and actually upset me. It’s actually led me to take it further.

“I want an official apology from him and if he won’t then we’ll see what we have to do. But I’m not having our name in this business defamed and the integrity of what we do. It’s very important to us and our love for the sport by some geezer that has no idea what he’s talking about.

“Listen, he’s good for the sport, we have a laugh, he’s average, he don’t like me, Taylor-Serrano, etc. That’s another level that is. So that will be dealt with."