In the ring, Devin Haney is used to protecting himself from danger. Now the undefeated boxing star is trying to protect someone far more vulnerable, his one-year-old son, from the bright, messy glare of the internet.
At the center of the fight is his ex-fiancée, influencer and OnlyFans creator Leena Sayed. She wants the freedom to post their child on her social media accounts without his sign-off. He is telling the court absolutely not.
The Courtroom Fight Behind The Instagram Feed
According to legal documents described by TMZ Sports, Sayed has asked a judge to modify the pair’s custody order so she can share photos of their son, Khrome, on social platforms without needing Haney’s approval.
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Right now, their agreement reportedly requires both parents to sign off on any images of the child that go online. It is a rule that tries to put the brakes on the impulsive, always-on nature of social media.
Haney, 27, is firing back. In his response, the boxer argues that Sayed’s online persona, especially on OnlyFans, makes that limit more important, not less.
‘Self Objectification’ And OnlyFans Come Under The Microscope
Haney’s attorney, Rick Edwards, does not mince words in the filing.
“That posting restriction, however, does not restrict Leena’s ability to tell her followers all she wishes about ‘her role as a mother,'” Edwards writes, according to TMZ. The point, he argues, is that Sayed can talk about being a mom as much as she wants. She just should not be allowed to put their child’s image into that same content stream.
The filing goes even further, directly tying Sayed’s adult content to potential risk for Khrome.
Haney claims “Leena’s self-objectification and encouragement of sexual fantasies via her postings on OnlyFans and on Instagram means that some of her internet ‘followers’ do not follow her because of her motherhood.”
To drive that home, his team reportedly attached multiple exhibits from Sayed’s OnlyFans page. Among the examples, captions like “All set for an orgy” and another saying she is “looking to juice a c***, any c*** will do.”
For Haney’s side, those words speak for themselves. They paint a picture of a highly sexual online brand, built to attract fantasy and obsession. Attorneys argue that mixing a one-year-old into that universe, even in seemingly innocent photos, is a risk.
‘It Takes One Unbalanced Fantasizer’
Edwards, in the filing, acknowledges an uncomfortable truth about the digital age. Adult content is legal. It is popular. And it pays.
“They are all of course protected by free speech,” he writes of Sayed’s posts. “And sex sells. But it takes one unbalanced fantasizer to create risk for [their child] Khrome.”
That sentence captures the anxiety many celebrity parents quietly share. You never truly know who is watching, screenshotting, or obsessing over what you post. For someone whose audience has been primed with sexual content, the filing argues, that unknown factor becomes especially alarming once a child appears on camera.
The document boils the argument down to a simple warning.
“The common sense point is that a celebrity’s child on social media invites trouble. And Leena presents herself not only as a celebrity, but as a wealthy and fantasy-inducing celebrity.”
In other words, it is not only her fame that worries Haney’s team. It is the particular kind of fame. Luxurious, sexual, and centered on fantasy fulfillment.
Leena’s Argument, Devin’s Regret
Sayed, for her part, has claimed she is currently boxed in, unable to share genuine mom moments unless she is physically near her son. According to the TMZ summary, she has argued she can only post about their child if she is in “some proximity to his presence.”
Haney is pushing back on that too. In his filing, he points to a moment when he himself let the rules slide, and now says he wishes he had not.
He recalls learning that Sayed wanted to post a photo showing the back of Khrome’s head in front of a television where Haney appeared in a boxing ring during a high-profile fight in Saudi Arabia. He agreed, and later reposted it.
“I learned that Leena wanted to post a picture showing the back of Khrome’s head in front of a television screen on which I appeared in the ring,” Haney writes. “I approved. I was carried away by the fight’s result and by seeing Khrome watching me, and did not exercise appropriate caution.”
It is a rare moment of public self-criticism from a star athlete used to staying in control. In the heat of victory, he is saying, he slipped into the same instinct so many parents do: wanting to share a proud moment online, without thinking about who else might be watching.
Now, his attorneys conclude the filing with a hard line. They argue that “Enough is enough.” and ask the judge to deny Sayed’s request to loosen the social media rules around their son.
When Private Kids Meet Public Personas
Strip away the boxing belts and the OnlyFans receipts, and this fight hits on something a lot of modern parents quietly debate. How much of your child’s life is it really safe to share online, especially when your own profile is built on attracting strangers?
For everyday parents, that might mean a private account or a few hundred followers. For someone like Sayed, it means a highly monetized online identity, packed with strangers paying to feel closer to her. That is the tension Haney’s team is spotlighting. The more seductive and successful the persona, the more unpredictable the audience.
In recent years, a growing number of public figures have started blurring or hiding their kids’ faces, or cutting back entirely on posting their children. Others openly embrace so-called “sharenting,” turning family life into content and, in some cases, into income.
The Haney Sayed case adds another layer, because the court is being asked to pick a side. This is not just about a couple arguing in DMs. It is about whose vision of online parenting a judge will effectively endorse.
A New Kind Of High Stakes Fight
For Haney, who has spent his career training for physical battles, this legal war is about something he cannot punch his way out of. It is about where his child’s image can live forever on the internet, and who gets to decide that.
For Sayed, the stakes are just as personal. Social media is not a hobby. It is part of her livelihood and identity. Not being able to show her own child in that space could feel like a public silencing of her motherhood.
Some readers will see Haney as the overprotective dad, trying to lock his son out of an online spotlight he never asked for. Others will see Sayed as a mother fighting to share her joy and her reality with followers who have watched her life unfold for years.
What no one can pretend, after reading the words in this filing, is that posting a celebrity child online is a simple, harmless act. When your brand is built on fantasy, and your audience is built on strangers, one photo can carry more risk than likes.
In the ring, a clear winner eventually gets their hand raised. In this courtroom version of the fight, the only thing certain is that a one-year-old called Khrome is at the center of a very grown-up internet war.
