Tyson Arrested in Bloody Run-In With Paparazzi

Boxer in custody after incident at LAX
By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 11, 2009 8:52 PM CST
Tyson Arrested in Bloody Run-In With Paparazzi
Mike Tyson.   (AP Photo)

Boxer Mike Tyson is in police custody tonight after a violent incident with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport that, according to a TMZ source, left “blood on the ground.” A rep for Tyson, 43, said he was defending his wife and 10-month-old child from an overly aggressive photographer; a police spokesman tells the AP the photographer fell and hit his head—and that both he and Tyson want to press charges. (More Mike Tyson stories.)

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