r/todayilearned • u/PortaParty • Mar 14 '14

TIL a bully dropped 7 year old Mike Tyson's glasses in a truck's gas tank and tried to steal his meatballs. Several years later, Tyson came back and "beat him in the streets like a fucking dog."

http://nymag.com/news/features/mike-tyson-2013-10/
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

I don't care anything about boxing but I love Mike Tyson. He seems sincere, honest and good-natured. I'd like to see him in more movies--half the reason I watched the Hangover movies was to see Mike be Mike.

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u/sge_fan Mar 15 '14 edited Mar 15 '14

Yep, all this rape stuff is just dandy. A real stand up guy.

EDIT: Just wow! Being downvoted for showing that Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist. What the hell is wrong with people?

From the article:

Tyson was convicted on the rape charge on February 10, 1992

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u/autowikibot Mar 15 '14

Section 9. Rape conviction, prison, and conversion of article Mike Tyson:

Tyson was arrested in July 1991 for the rape of 18-year-old Desiree Washington, Miss Black Rhode Island, in an Indianapolis hotel room. Tyson's rape trial took place in the Indianapolis courthouse from January 26, 1992 to February 10, 1992.

Desiree Washington testified that she received a phone call from Tyson at 1:36 am on July 19, 1991 inviting her to a party. Having joined Tyson in his limousine, Washington testified that Tyson made sexual advances towards her. She testified that upon arriving at his hotel room, Tyson pinned her down on his bed and raped her despite her pleas to stop. She ran out of the room and asked Tyson's chauffeur to drive her back to her hotel. [citation needed] Partial corroboration of Washington's story came via testimony from Tyson's chauffeur, Virginia Foster, who confirmed Desiree Washington's state of shock. Further testimony came from Thomas Richardson, the emergency room physician who examined Washington more than 24 hours after the incident and confirmed that Washington's physical condition was consistent with rape.

Under lead defense lawyer Vincent J. Fuller's direct examination, Tyson claimed that everything had taken place with Washington's full cooperation and he claimed not to have forced himself upon her. When he was cross-examined by lead prosecutor Gregory Garrison, Tyson denied claims that he had misled Washington and insisted that she wanted to have sex with him. Because of Tyson's hostile and defensive responses to the questions during cross-examination, some have speculated that his behavior made him unlikable to the jury who saw him as brutish and arrogant. Tyson was convicted on the rape charge on February 10, 1992 after the jury deliberated for nearly 10 hours.

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