ravensteve1961 said:
You see everyone is out to get him because of his celebrity status.
Mike Tyson timeline
The only thing more prodigious than Mike Tyson's power in the ring have been his problems outside it. Here is a look at his years of travails.
1978: Arrested for purse snatching as a 12-year-old in Brooklyn and sent to Tryon School for Boys.
March 6, 1985: In his professional debut, Tyson defeats Hector Mercedes in one round.
Nov. 22, 1986: Tyson knocks out Trevor Berbick in the second round, winning the WBC heavyweight title to become the youngest heavyweight champion in history at age 20.
June 21, 1987: A parking lot attendant says Tyson tried to kiss a female employee and struck the male attendant. He pays $105,000 to settle assault charges.
Feb. 9, 1988: Actress Robin Givens and Tyson marry in New York.
Sept. 30, 1988: Givens says in a nationally televised interview that Tyson is manic-depressive and that she is afraid of him. Tyson sits meekly next to her.
Oct. 2, 1988: Police go to Tyson's Bernardsville, N.J., home after he hurls furniture out the window and forces Givens and her mother to flee the house.
Oct. 7, 1988: Givens files for divorce.
Feb. 11, 1990: In a stunning upset, Tyson is knocked out by James "Buster" Douglas in the 10th round and loses his world heavyweight title.
Jan.-March 1992: Tyson is convicted of raping beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington and is sentenced to 10 years in prison, four suspended.
March 25, 1995: Tyson is released from the Indiana Youth Center near Plainfield, Ind.
August 19, 1995: Tyson begins comeback with 89-second victory over Peter McNeeley in Las Vegas.
Nov. 9, 1996: Evander Holyfield stops Tyson in the 11th round for the WBA title.
April 1997: Tyson marries Monica Turner in New York.
June 28, 1997: Tyson is disqualified after the third round for biting Holyfield's ears.
March 5, 1998: Tyson files a $100 million lawsuit against Don King, accusing the promoter of cheating him out of tens of millions of dollars.
Aug. 31, 1998: Tyson is involved in a minor auto accident in Gaithersburg, Md., and kicks and punches two men from other cars.
Feb. 5, 1999: Tyson is sentenced to two concurrent two-year sentences for assaulting the two motorists. He serves 3 1/2 months.
Jan. 18, 2002: Tyson's wife sues for divorce. Tyson countersues.
Jan. 22, 2002: Tyson throws a punch at a Lennox Lewis bodyguard who had pushed him, and Lewis throws a punch at Tyson, starting a melee at a news conference.
Jan. 29, 2002: Tyson denied a boxing license by the Nevada State Athletic Commission because of his melee with Lewis.
Tyson was and is a thug.