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Mike Tyson Is Accused Of Rape In The Early 1990s

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Mike Tyson Is Accused Of Rape In The Early 1990s

In a lawsuit submitted this month in Albany, New York, a woman accuses former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson of raping her in the early 1990s.

The lady, who is suing for $5 million (€4.7 million), claimed Tyson sexually assaulted her in a car after they had first met at a bar in Albany, and that she has subsequently experienced “physical, psychological, and emotional injury.”

The woman’s statement does not give a specific date for the incident; it just mentions that it took place in the early 1990s, about the same time that Desiree Washington, a contestant in a beauty pageant, claimed that Mike Tyson had sexually assaulted her in Indianapolis.

On February 10th, 1992, Tyson was found guilty of raping Washington and was sentenced to three years in jail.

According to the Adult Survivors Act of New York, which gives sexual assault victims a year to bring claims for incidents that occurred years or even decades ago, the legal case was brought in that state.

When the woman got into Tyson’s car, the boxer allegedly started groping her and making attempts to kiss her, according to the woman’s affidavit.

“I told him no several times and asked him to stop, but he continued to attack me,” the woman said. “He then pulled my pants off and violently raped me.”

Because revealing her identity “would undoubtedly represent a risk to me of further mental injury, harassment, mockery, or personal shame,” the woman said she is trying to remain anonymous.

In a second filing, the woman’s attorney, Darren Seilback, stated that his firm did not simply accept the woman’s word for it but instead looked into her claims and found them to be “very credible.”

On Tuesday, he stated that he was unable to make any further comments regarding the situation.

An organization that has previously represented Tyson was contacted in an attempt to get him to comment.

The 56-year-old Brooklyn native Tyson received praise for holding the undisputed heavyweight title from 1987 to 1990, but his life outside of the ring has been tumultuous.

Actress Robin Givens, who was Tyson’s ex-wife, said in divorce documents that their late 1980s union was marked by “unprovoked rages of violence and destruction.”

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