Trouble for Mike Tyson as new US rape lawsuit emerges against him

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The demon of the past has come back to hunt former Heavy Weight boxer, Mike Tyson as a woman in New York state just filed a civil suit against him. She accused him of raping her in a limousine in the early 1990s.

The woman asked the court that she wanted to remain anonymous. She filed her complaint in early January under a temporary New York state law allowing victims of sexual assault to seek civil damages regardless of the statute of limitations.

Recall that Tyson spent three years in jail in 1992 after being found guilty of raping model Desiree Washington, who was 18 then.

In a short affidavit dated December 23, 2022, the plaintiff states that she met the boxer at a nightclub "in the early 1990s" and then followed him into his limousine, where he allegedly assaulted her before raping her.

"As a result of Tyson's rape, I suffered and continue to suffer from physical, psychological, and emotional injury," she said.

She is seeking $5 million in damages.

However, as of Tuesday, Tyson had not issued any public statement.

Source: geo.tv

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