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Sep 7, 2022 · In September 1991, he was indicted on one count of rape, two counts of deviant sexual conduct and one count of confinement. In the trial, the boxer maintained they had consensual sex. After a two-week trial, Mike was found guilty of one count of rape and two other charges on February 10, 1992.
Jun 2, 2021 · The former heavyweight champion of the world was sentenced to six years in prison for the rape of Desiree Washington in 1992.
Nov 19, 2023 · Desiree Washington is former American model who accused boxer, Mike Tyson of rape. Here's everything you need to know about her.
Jun 1, 2021 · In 1991, heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was arrested and charged with raping a then 18-year-old Desiree Washington. Desiree was a beauty pageant contestant and Miss Black Rhode Island when she accused the athlete of sexual assault.
Sep 15, 2022 · Li Eubanks as Desiree Washington, an 18-year-old pageant contestant who boxer Mike Tyson was convicted of raping in an Indianapolis hotel room in 1991.
Jan 20, 2017 · On February 10, 1992, an Indianapolis jury found Mike Tyson guilty of raping Miss Black America contestant Desiree Washington. The case landed the city in the media spotlight, sparked debate over race and sex, and shaped the celebrity-trial era.
Sep 15, 2022 · Directed by Tiffany Johnson, the fifth episode of the eight-part series, “Desiree,” dramatizes Washington’s encounters with Tyson, as well as the latter’s criminal trial, drawing from news...
Jun 2, 2021 · Desiree Washington is the former Miss Black Rhode Island, who participated in the Miss Black America pageant during the 1991 Black Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Feb 10, 2017 · After pageant promoters asked Tyson to sing a rap song for a video, fate brought him in contact with an 18-year-old beauty from Coventry, Rhode Island, named Desiree Washington. He hugged her, then appeared with her in the video.
Nov 13, 2009 · Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, accused of raping 18-year-old beauty-pageant contestant Desiree Washington, is found guilty by an Indiana jury. The following month, Tyson was given...
