Mike Tyson accused of raping woman in the early 1990s as part of new civil suit
Mike Tyson was accused of raping a woman in the early 1990s in a new civil suit filed in January. The suit alleges Tyson "violently raped" a woman in the back of a limousine. The woman who filed the suit alleged she met Tyson at a dance club — Septembers — in New York in the early 1990s. Tyson reportedly told the woman they could pick up her friend in Tyson's limousine. The woman reportedly told Tyson to stop.
wftv.comTucker Laughs Nervously as Stone-Faced Mike Tyson Describes Urge to ‘Kill’
Fox NewsIn an interview with Tucker Carlson that aired Wednesday, former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson made the Fox News host react somewhat nervously as he described his fierce mentality before and during bouts.“I wanted to kill them,” a stone-faced Tyson recalled when asked how he felt about his in-ring opponents. The comment prompted Carlson to laugh and exclaim, “Well, I can tell!”“I’m laughing nervously,” Carlson continued, before following up by asking if Tyson “real
news.yahoo.comMills Lane, Hall of Fame boxing referee, dies at 85
Mills Lane, the Hall of Fame boxing referee who was the third man in the ring when Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield’s ear, died Tuesday. “My family and I, as well as the entire Washoe County District Attorney’s Office, mourn his loss. May he rest in peace.”Born Nov. 12, 1937, in Savannah, Georgia, Mills Lane took up boxing while serving in the Marine Corps. The former judge then starred in his own TV show, “Judge Mills Lane” for the next three years. “Personally, my dad was my hero and you learn lessons from people,” Tommy Lane said.
wftv.comBoxing referee, television judge Mills Lane dies
Legendary boxing referee Mills Lane has died. Lane was the referee who disqualified Tyson in the 1997 fight, KRNV reported. He stepped down from the bench to tar in a courtroom series Judge Mills Lane that ran for three seasons, according to the Washoe Courts website. While serving in the district attorney’s office and as a judge, Lane was a referee from the 1970s through the 1990s. Lane has been inducted into the University of Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame, the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
wftv.comMike Tyson, Evander Holyfield team up for cannabis product based on famous boxing moment, stump for legal weed
Boxing legends Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield have teamed up to deliver THC-infused edibles called "Holy Ears," which look like bitten ears, paying homage to their infamous moment.
foxnews.comNo charges: Mike Tyson will not be charged after punching airplane passenger
Mike Tyson: What you need to know What you need to know: Mike Tyson (NCD)Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will not face charges after he was caught on video punching a man who had been harassing him during a flight. >> Read more trending newsThe San Mateo County district attorney’s Office said the potential case against Tyson was closed, The Associated Press reported. But eventually the man, identified as Melvin Townsend, told authorities he did not want to press charges, KTVU reported. A separate video recorded by another passenger showed Tyson hitting him repeatedly in the head, drawing blood. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 16 Through the years Los Angeles, CA - 1984: Mike Tyson at Summer Olympics boxing trials, Memorial Sports Arena.
wftv.comNo charges for Mike Tyson for punching airplane passenger
Mike Tyson Plane Confrontation FILE - Mike Tyson attends a celebrity golf tournament in Dana Point, Calif., Aug. 2, 2019. Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File) (Willy Sanjuan)SAN FRANCISCO — (AP) — Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday. He was in San Francisco in April for the annual 420 cannabis festival in Golden Gate Park, where he was promoting his cannabis brand Tyson 2.0, SFGate reported. Tyson was briefly barred from boxing after infamously biting off part of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a fight in 1997.
wftv.comNo charges for Mike Tyson for punching airplane passenger
Mike Tyson Plane Confrontation FILE - Mike Tyson attends a celebrity golf tournament in Dana Point, Calif., Aug. 2, 2019. Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File) (Willy Sanjuan)SAN FRANCISCO — (AP) — Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The victim and Tyson both requested that charges not be filed, District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe said in a statement. He was in San Francisco in April for the annual 420 cannabis festival in Golden Gate Park, where he was promoting his cannabis brand Tyson 2.0, SFGate reported.
wftv.comVideo shows Mike Tyson punching airline passenger
Mike Tyson Plane Confrontation FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2019 photo, Mike Tyson attends a celebrity golf tournament in Dana Point, Calif. Authorities are investigating after cellphone video appears to show Mike Tyson hitting another passenger on a plane at San Francisco International Airport. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File) (Willy Sanjuan)SAN FRANCISCO — (AP) — Authorities were investigating Thursday after former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was recorded on video punching a fellow passenger on board a plane at San Francisco International Airport. The video shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head, drawing blood. San Francisco police said the video has been shared with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, which has jurisdiction over the airport.
wftv.comVideo shows Mike Tyson punching airline passenger
Mike Tyson Plane Confrontation FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2019 photo, Mike Tyson attends a celebrity golf tournament in Dana Point, Calif. Authorities are investigating after cellphone video appears to show Mike Tyson hitting another passenger on a plane at San Francisco International Airport. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File) (Willy Sanjuan)SAN FRANCISCO — (AP) — Authorities were investigating Thursday after former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was recorded on video punching a fellow passenger on board a plane at San Francisco International Airport. The video shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head, drawing blood. San Francisco police said the video has been shared with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, which has jurisdiction over the airport.
wftv.comMike Tyson caught on video punching man on flight to Florida
Legendary former boxer Mike Tyson was caught on camera repeatedly punching a man on a JetBlue flight Wednesday night that was scheduled to fly to Miami from San Francisco International Airport, News 6 partner WPLG-TV and TMZ Sports reported.
Underdog Euros have Yanks where they where they want 'em
Europe’s perennial Ryder Cup underdogs have the Americans exactly where they want them. According to golf’s most reliable metric — strokes gained — Yanks top the list in driving (Bryson DeChambeau), approach play (Collin Morikawa), sand saves (Brooks Koepka) and scrambling (Patrick Cantlay). In fact, the only category in which they trail their counterparts from across the pond is confidence. With good reason: Europe has won seven of the nine Ryder Cup matches played this century, including a split of the four on U.S. soil. “We all know in Ryder Cups, there’s a fine line between playing too much, trying to stay fresh, fine line, 36 holes a day,” Harrington said.
wftv.comSome Texas Democrats ready to walk as GOP digs in on voting
A second walkout by Texas Democrats would mark a high-stakes escalation of their efforts to deny Republicans a major priority, and in turn, put more pressure on President Joe Biden to act on voting at the federal level. Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic former Texas congressman who is considering challenging Republican Gov. For what?” Democratic state Rep. Jarvis Johnson said. Another walkout may merely buy more time: Abbott could keep calling more 30-day special sessions until voting measures are passed. The last time Texas Democrats left the state to deny a quorum was 2003, when they decamped to Oklahoma and New Mexico to try to block new GOP-drawn voting maps.
wftv.comTwyla Tharp, nearing 80, isn't slowing down. Next question?
NEW YORK – The new PBS documentary on dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is called “Twyla Moves.” In retrospect, that sounds a bit weak. AdGiven all that, it would seem obvious that something like a global pandemic wouldn't force Tharp off course, or keep her on the sofa binge-watching Netflix. Tharp explains it simply: "Part of the adventure for me has always been a physical challenge." In one old clip, TV host Dick Cavett asks Tharp what she does to relax after a long period of work. Tharp didn’t want the film, directed by Steven Cantor and part of the American Masters series, to feel like a biography.
Jamie Foxx to play Mike Tyson in boxer's take on his life
Foxx will play the boxing great in the project that also counts Foxx and filmmaker Martin Scorsese as producers. (Photos by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, left, and Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)LOS ANGELES – Mike Tyson is getting in the TV drama ring against himself. On the heels of Hulu's announcement of a Tyson miniseries to be made without his involvement, the boxing great said he's producing a limited series starring Jamie Foxx. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese and Foxx also are among the producers. Last month, Hulu said it had ordered the eight-episode series “Iron Mike,” saying it would explore the “the wild, tragic and controversial life and career” of a polarizing athlete.
Hulu sets Mike Tyson miniseries, but the boxer punches back
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2019, file photo, Mike Tyson attends a celebrity golf tournament in Dana Point, Calif. Hulu on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, announced it has ordered Iron Mike, a limited series about the life of boxing great Mike Tyson. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – Hulu announced it has ordered a limited series dramatizing the life of boxing great Mike Tyson, who quickly slammed the production as “cultural misappropriation.”In a press release Thursday, Hulu said “Iron Mike” will explore “the wild, tragic and controversial life and career” of a polarizing athlete. Tyson, who is not involved in the project, criticized Hulu on social media, saying the series smacked of insensitivity. “Hulu’s announcement to do an unauthorized mini-series of the Tyson story without compensation, although unfortunate, isn’t surprising,” Tyson said in an Instagram post. The eight-episode “Iron Mike” is from the makers of “I, Tonya,” the 2017 movie that starred Margot Robbie as ice skater Tonya Harding.
Former Trump casino where stars played goes out with a bang
The former Trump Plaza casino was imploded after falling into such disrepair that chunks of the building began peeling off and crashing to the ground. “I got chills,” Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small said. AdOpened in 1984, when Trump was a real estate developer in his pre-politics days, Trump Plaza was for a time the most successful casino in Atlantic City. AdBut things began to sour for Trump Plaza when Donald Trump opened the nearby Trump Taj Mahal in 1990, with crushing debt loads that led the company to pour most of its resources — and cash — into the shiny new hotel and casino. Trump Plaza was the last of four Atlantic City casinos to close in 2014, victims of an oversaturated casino market both in the New Jersey city and in the larger northeast.
Mike Tyson, Roy Jones promise a fight in "exhibition" return
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2019, file photo, Mike Tyson attends a celebrity golf tournament in Dana Point, Calif. Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. got permission from California's athletic commission to return to the boxing ring next month because their fight would be strictly an exhibition of their once-unparalleled skills. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. got permission from California's athletic commission to return to the boxing ring next month because their fight would be strictly an exhibition of their once-unparalleled skills. We got Mike Tyson versus Roy Jones," Tyson said Thursday in an online press conference. “Who goes in the ring with the great, legendary Mike Tyson and thinks it's an exhibition?" Tyson and Jones believe they'll be able to put on a show worthy of their legends.
Tyson, 54, to return for exhibition match against Jones Jr.
CARSON, Calif. Mike Tyson is coming back to boxing at age 54. The former heavyweight champion will meet four-division champion Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition match on Sept. 12 at Dignity Health Sports Park. Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history when he won the title in 1986 at age 20 and for a time was the most feared fighter in boxing. He has occasionally teased a return with workout videos and it's finally scheduled to happen. Jones, 51, won titles in the middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight before moving up to win the heavyweight title in 2003, becoming the first former middleweight champion to do so in 106 years.
Alaska Bar sidesteps contentious Dershowitz keynote choice
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Just days after the announcement that famed trial attorney Alan Dershowitz would be the keynote speaker sparked a controversy among its members, the Alaska Bar Association has canceled this years annual conference. Bill Walker, Dershowitz seems a complicated selection for the keynote in Alaska, where rates of violence against women are among the highest in the nation. Im sure he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to represent Jeffrey Epstein, Kendall said. I have no sympathy for that.Stone said the bar associations governing board will meet in September to discuss the selection process for keynote speaker going forward. Dershowitz said he would love to come to Alaska and give the keynote in 2021.
Mike Tyson says he smokes $40,000 of weed every month
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images(CNN) - Mike Tyson isn't shy about his love for marijuana. On Monday's episode of his podcast, aptly named "Hotboxin' with Mike Tyson," the former heavyweight champion shared just how much he spends on the psychoactive drug. "We smoke 10 tons of weed at the ranch a month," Britton said, referencing Tyson Ranch, the boxer's forthcoming 40-acre marijuana farm and "resort." Tyson asked, though it seemed he already knew the answer. Shortly after California's recreational marijuana laws went into effect in 2018, he launched Tyson Ranch, which sells nine strains of cannabis flower, potent extracts and soon, edibles.
Bill Clinton, Mike Tyson to be part of Muhammad Ali memorial service
Muhammad Ali will be laid to rest in his home town of Louisville Friday. A motorcade will take his body past the Muhammad Ali Center, his childhood home, and other important places from his life. Ali will then be buried privately at Cave Hill National Cemetery. David Begnaud spoke to boxer Lennox Lewis about the honor of being Ali's pallbearer.
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