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United States · Sport / Boxing. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1991–1992Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1991

Mike Tyson19 July 1991

Sport / Boxing

Boxer Mike Tyson had sex with Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant. On September 9, 1991, an Indiana Grand Jury votedsto indict Tyson on three counts, including one for the rape of Washington

Mike Tyson22 July 1991

Sport / Boxing

Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, charged shed been raped by boxer Mike Tyson in an Indianapolis hotel room 3 days earlier, Tyson is later convicted of rape and served three years in prison

1992

Mike Tyson10 February 1992

Sport / Boxing

Tyson is convicted and imprisoned

Names involved

Mike Tyson

Provenance

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