Father obsessed with training daughters to be tennis champions accused of child cruelty

The mother of two British women accusing their former tennis coach father of cruelty has denied lying about the allegations in a bid to help secure contact with her children.

John De'Viana, 55, is accused of subjecting his daughters, Monaei and Nephe, to years of physical and emotional abuse in his effort to make them sporting stars. Nephe, now 19, was a poster girl for the UK's Lawn Tennis Association.