Sex assault victim says suspect claimed to be Mike Tyson

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
HOUSTON -- Celebrity sightings at nightclubs light up social media. When a man claiming to be former boxer Mike Tyson, who was also convicted of rape, made an appearance at two Houston clubs, tweets began circulating.

He had a face tattoo, similar to Tyson's. And he came with a man who claimed to be his manager, and a bodyguard.

When a woman at a midtown club said she was asked if she wanted to go to an after-hours party with Mike Tyson, she said yes. Hours later, according to sources, she called for an ambulance, calling police to report she had been sexually assaulted.
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The group went to a second club, an after-hours spot on Washington. We're told the 28-year-old woman went to the restroom. Inside, the bathroom stall door was opened, and the would-be Tyson sexually assaulted her, then left.

The woman was taken to a hospital where a rape test was performed.

A booking agency that works with the real Mike Tyson stated he was in Florida this weekend. A tweet from Jenny McCarthy shows her and husband with Tyson at a radio event this past weekend, which was not in Houston.



A report has been filed with HPD and we're told investigators have taken the woman's statement.
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