Mike Tyson is the subject of a rape complaint brought in early January in a civil court in Albany County, New York.
The facts date back to the early 1990s. The complainant, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals, claims to have met the former boxer in a nightclub before being raped in his limousine.
Suffering from physical and psychological after-effects, she can override the limitation period under a New York State law that came into effect at the end of November and offers alleged victims of sexual assault, for one year, the possibility of seek redress in civil court.
A woman who says Mike Tyson raped her in the early 1990s is suing him under New York’s Adult Survivors Act https://t.co/oBz56TzvNZ
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The interested party would claim for the damage suffered an indemnity of 5 million dollars. In 1992, Mike Tyson, then at the height of his fame, was tried and found guilty of raping model Desiree Washington. He then received a six-year prison sentence. For three years served behind bars.
