By: Sean Crose
Mike Tyson is being brought to court by an unidentified woman who claims he raped her in a limousine in the early 1990s. The woman is suing the former heavyweight champion in a civil lawsuit, claiming that she was at a New York club called Septembers with a friend in the early 90s when she met Tyson. “My friend and I went out with him and his limousine driver,” the woman stated in the lawsuit filed in Albany County Court the first week of January. “Tyson told us about a party and asked us to join him. My friend was getting her off the bus, and Tyson said he would pick her up in the limousine.”
The woman went on to assert that, while in the limo, Tyson started coming to her. After telling him to stop, the woman claimed: “Then he took my pants off and violently raped me.” The woman said that the incident caused her a lot of physical, emotional and psychological tragedy. She also said that she wanted to remain anonymous. She stated: “Tyson is a celebrity and I knew I would be attacked by the media and all his friends. If Tyson is found guilty, he could owe the woman five million dollars, which is why she sued him. New York allows victims of longstanding sexual assaults to pursue legal justice through what is known as the “Adult Survivor Act.”
Tyson was convicted of raping an 18-year-old victim in 1992 and later served three years in prison. He also admitted to hitting his first wife, TV actress Robin Givens, in the 1980s. Of course, fans know Tyson mainly because of his dominance in the fighting game since the late 1980s. eighties to mid nineties. However, he is known for his violent antics in the ring that go beyond the rules of the sport dubbed “sweet science”. Most famously, Tyson was disqualified for biting part of his arch-rival Evander Holyfield’s ear during a 1997 bout.
With that in mind, the United States considers citizens innocent until they are found guilty. As of press time, neither Tyson nor anyone representing him has commented on the matter.
