Zayn Malik has pleaded guilty to harassing Gigi Hadid and her mother Yolanda after a verbal and “physical” altercation at his Pennsylvania home.

According to TMZ, the father of one was “charged with four criminal offenses of harassment”, and has pleaded “guilty” on one and “no contest” on the other three.

The 28-year-old former One Direction singer had previously claimed it was a “private matter” after Yolanda claimed that he had “struck” her in an alleged assault.

The singer had taken to social media on Thursday to deny that there had been any “physical” altercation but had admitted there were “harsh words” with Yolanda but he had hoped that the matter would be dealt with in the family.

Zayn and Gigi share one-year-old daughter Khai but in his statement on social media, it hinted that they have split by saying he is “co-parenting” their daughter.

In documents obtained by the US website, Zayn is said to have “showed up at Gigi and Zayn’s Pennsylvania home on Sept. 29 and got into a nuclear argument” with his fiancee and her mother.

Zayn allegedly “called Yolanda a f***ing Dutch s**t,” and commanded her to “stay away from [my] f***ing daughter.”

He also referred to his daughter as “the f***ing sperm that came out of [my] f***ing c***.”