The Hindu : Tyson arrested in brawl

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Sunday, Jun 22, 2003

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Tyson arrested in brawl

NEW YORK June 21. Mike Tyson was arrested early on Saturday after a brawl with two men outside a Brooklyn hotel and was charged with assault and disorderly conduct, police said.

The former heavyweight champion was treated for minor cuts after the other men apparently swung at him with an object taken from the hotel lobby, police said. Police said they had no further information.

The two men also were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after the 5:30 a.m. fight. Their names were not immediately released.

A call to Shelly Finkel, adviser to the 36-year-old Brooklyn-born boxer, was not immediately returned.

Tyson, with a long history of legal trouble, was convicted of rape in 1992 and was sentenced to six years in prison. He served three years before being released on parole.

In a Fox television interview last month, Tyson said he was so angry about the conviction he wanted to rape his accuser, former beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington, and her mother.

In 1997, he bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear during a bout. Tyson's Nevada boxing license was suspended for a year, and he was fined $3 million. In 1999, he was released from a Maryland jail after serving 3 months for assaulting the two motorists.

Last year, he threw a punch at Lennox Lewis' bodyguard at a news conference announcing a fight between the two, setting off a brawl between Tyson and Lewis.

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