Spokeswoman says ex-boxer acted in self-defense against photographer
LOS ANGELES - A scuffle erupted between Mike Tyson and a freelance photographer at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday, and both men were booked and released on suspicion of misdemeanor battery, police said.
The former heavyweight boxing champion and photographer Tony Echevarria, 50, both want to press charges of misdemeanor battery against each other, police said.
Echevarria told police that Tyson struck him once, airport police spokesman Sgt. Jim Holcomb said. The photographer fell to the ground and was treated for a cut to his forehead at a hospital.
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I'm no favor of Mike Tyson but some of these photographers need to be slapped. They get right in a persons face or in the way of their cars. It's pisses people off and provokes them. There should be a law where they have to stay so many feet away from a person.
ReplyDeleteTHE PAPPARAZZI IDIOTS HANG OUT AT THIS AIRPORT JUST WAITING TO ANTAGONIZE CELEBS. MIKE TYSON HAS BEEN THROGH ENOUGH WITH LOSING HIS LITTLE BABY NOT LONG AGO. THESE IGNORANT JERKS COULD CARE LESS AND THEY WILL DO OR SAY ANYTHING TO GET A STORY. I'D PUNCH THE GUY TOO IF I FELT LIKE MY CHILD WAS IN JEOPARDY.
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