Boxing promoter Frank Maloney, who has been criticised during an inquest into the death of one of his fighters in south-east London, has described the proceedings as a "witch hunt".
Mr Maloney has been present for the last few days at the inquest on Darren Sutherland, 27, who was found hanged at his flat in Bromley on September 14 2009.
The Irishman was said to have been scared of his manager, and worried that he would "destroy" his life if he quit boxing and his contract.
Michael Topolski QC told Coroner Dr Roy Palmer that Mr Maloney had described the inquest in Croydon, south London, as a "witch hunt" where "lies" had been told.
The boxing promoter said on Twitter on Tuesday: "What a witch hunt going on instead of trying to find the real reason he died. My head is rocking after listing (sic) to the lies today."
Mr Maloney, who took Sutherland on after he won a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, also posted that others closer to him needed to assess their role in his death.
The coroner said: "No-one is on trial in a coroner's court. Lots of evidence has been given, some apparently critical of Mr Maloney. He will have every opportunity to give evidence and can counter what has been said."
Mr Sutherland was "therapy shopping" during the week before he died, speaking to various clinicians, said Mr Topolski. Michele Roitt, an independent psychologist who saw him on September 9 when he brought along his mother, said Mr Sutherland told her "he couldn't carry on living like this".
She added: "He felt isolated and vulnerable, not able to cope with the pressure placed on him, both internal and external. He was very scared of not being up to the next fight in October."
Ms Roitt countered suggestions that Mr Sutherland was frightened of Mr Maloney.
The inquest continues on Thursday at 10am when Mr Maloney and his wife are due to give evidence.
