Tyson Detained After Airport Altercation

12 November 2009

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Former boxer Mike Tyson has been detained at Los Angeles International Airport after reportedly knocking out a photographer.

The ex-fighter and the unnamed paparazzo were being interviewed by police.

The incident occurred at Terminal 7 as Tyson was about to board a plane.

There's a lot of different versions to this story and that's all going to come out later, Holcomb said. Some witness statements support Tyson's version, others support the photographer's.

Tyson’s spokeswoman Tammy Brook said the boxer was passing through Los Angeles on his way from Europe to Las Vegas with his wife and 10-month-old child when he was attacked by an overly aggressive paparazzo. The 43-year-old acted in self-defense to protect his child, she said.

"There’s a lot of different versions to this story and that’s all going to come out later," Holcomb said. "Some witness statements support Tyson’s version, others support the photographer’s."

Paparazzi often camp out at Los Angeles’ largest airport to get shots of celebrities in transit.

I’ve heard people were following him into the men’s room and trying to take his picture there," said Tyson’s defense attorney, David Chesnoff. "My advice to him is going to be to vigorously press charges against what everyone agrees are ridiculously aggressive photographers.

Reports suggest the photographer was punched in the face and an ambulance was called to take the bloody snapper to a nearby hospital.

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