Katie Taylor has released a statement after her father was involved in a shooting.
Pete Taylor was hurt in a shooting in Bray Boxing Club, which left one man dead.
Katie, 31, who is currently in the US training for her next fight, said she hopes her father will be okay, but stressed the pair have been estranged.
“First and foremost, I would like to wish my most heartfelt condolences to the family of Bobby Messett for their tragic loss,” she said.
“I can’t imagine the despair or the sense of injustice they must be dealing with. I’m praying they know God’s comfort in the hard days ahead.”
“You didn’t deserve this heartache. I am so sorry for your loss.”
“As many of you know, I have been somewhat estranged from my dad for a number of years now. I’ve had little contact with him in the last three years,” she told The Irish Times.
“[I’ve had] no contact or association whatsoever with Bray Boxing Club since 2015.”
She then criticised media coverage of the shooting, calling it “reckless'”
“I have been appalled by the misuse of my name and image during the reporting of this incident.
“It has been reckless and irresponsible and a deliberate attempt to inappropriately leverage my name to sell a story.
“I urge the media to leave me, my mum and other family members out of this story,” she added.
“I’m hoping the gardaà will get to the bottom of [the investigation] very soon.”
