Sir Elton John being sued in sexual assault claim by former bodyguard

Sir Elton John is being sued by his former bodyguard for sexual harassment and battery, according to reports.

Jeffrey Wenninger has said there were three alleged incidents in 2014 that led to him filing the lawsuit against the singer in Los Angeles, California, according to US website TMZ - something the singer's lawyer has slammed as “baseless”.

Mr Wenninger alleges John attempted to grab his genitals while in a car together and added that the singer told him to “get your todger out” and “say hello to Uncle Elton”.

In another incident, also in a car, he claims he had his nipples twisted by the singer who said: “You gorgeous thing you.”

Mr Wenninger claims he attempted to verbally and physically resist, but that John was undeterred.

The former security guard said he stopped working for the singer in September 2014.

In a statement to Standard Online, Orin Snyder - the US attorney for Rocket Entertainment Group - said: “This baseless lawsuit is brought by a disgruntled former security officer seeking to extract an undeserved payment. These claims are patently untrue and contradicted by numerous previous statements made by this plaintiff. We will not give into his latest abuse of the legal system.”

Neither John or his husband David Furnish, have posted anything on their social media accounts about the allegations.

Standard Online has contacted representatives for John for comment.

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