City Attorney Looking Into Mike Tyson Freakout

Prosecutors will decide whether to press charges against the boxing champ or the paparazzo who he says harassed him at LAX

By Natalie Finn Nov 17, 2009 10:56 PMTags
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Again Mike Tyson gets to sit back and wait for a ref's decision.

The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office is investigating the former heavyweight champ's Nov. 11 dustup with a photographer at LAX and will determine whether charges should be filed—against either Tyson or the shutterbug who allegedly buzzed around him until he snapped.

Tony Echevarria told police that Tyson assaulted him at the airport when he tried to get a picture, leaving him with a nasty cut on the forehead.

But Tyson's rep maintains that Echevarria followed the ex-boxer, who was fresh off a plane from London with his wife and daughter in tow, from one terminal to another and intentionally provoked him.

Both finger-pointing fellows were taken into custody on suspicion of battery. Tyson was released that night after posting $20,000 bail.

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