'Imran slapped me': Sita continues with her accusations

Sheikh Manzoor Ahmed in Islamabad

Sita White, who has claimed that cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan fathered here four-year-old daughter, has renewed her accusations against him saying that he slapped her once during her visit to Pakistan when she criticised him for endangering the life of an English friend, who had accompanied them for bird shooting in the mountains.

White, who had filed a paternity suit against the Tehreek-I-Insaf chief, said in an interview with Pakistani daily The Nation that "Imran slapped me in front of everyone" there.

"I was going to leave Pakistan then and there. I was just in a shock and couldn't believe it." However, after the incident Imran "kissed and hugged me, saying I am sorry. I will never do that again", White said.

She said that barring this incident ''He (Imran) had been gentle and caring to me." She was confident that the California court would accept her plea. Imran's refusal to offer a blood test to prove that he was not Tyrian's father has further strengthened her case. "Victory is only a matter of time," she said.

Sita said that her father had warned her against maintaining relations with Imran. He felt troubled by Imran's playboy image.

Sita charged that Imran was also seeing "pay girl" Guddie, who later got acquainted with Yousaf Salahuddin, a friend of the former Pakistan cricket captain.

White said she also had no intention to go public about her relations with Imran but was forced to make it public as he denied having fathered a love child.

UNI