By Victor Kanayo
Former boxing champion, Mike Tyson, is in fresh trouble after a woman in New York state filed a civil suit, accusing him of raping her in a limousine in the early 1990s, court filings revealed.
The latest suit against Tyson is coming three decades after he was sent to jail for rape.
Precisely, Tyson spent three years in jail beginning in 1992, after being found guilty of raping a model Desiree Washington, who was 18 at the time.
The fresh case came via a short affidavit dated December 23, 2022, where the plaintiff explained that she met the boxer at a nightclub “in the early 1990s,” then followed him into his limousine, where he allegedly assaulted her before raping her.
According to AFP, the woman, is asking the court to remain anonymous.
The report said 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.
“As a result of Tyson’s rape, I suffered and continue to suffer from physical, psychological and emotional injury,” she said, asking for $5million for the injuries.
Tyson, born in Brooklyn in 1966, Tyson, said to have a turbulent childhood before becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion in the 1980s, terrifying his opponents with his fury in the ring and a phenomenal punching power, was reported not to have issued any public statement.
After his prison sentence, he could not retain his titles.
In a notorious 1996 matchup, Tyson bit off a piece of his opponent Evander Holyfield’s ear.
