I am torn between calling this kat a dumbass or just feeling sorry for his obviously 'tortured soul'. 
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Mike Tyson pleads guilty in drugs, driving case
PHOENIX, United States (AFP) — Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson could be facing jail again after admitting charges of drug possession and driving under the influence, court officials said Monday.
Tyson, 41, entered guilty pleas during a court appearance in Mesa, Arizona, after initially denying the charges at an earlier hearing, a spokeswoman for Maricopa County Superior Court confirmed to AFP.
The boxer once known as the "baddest man on the planet" will be sentenced on November 19 and could now face another spell in jail following earlier terms behind bars on convictions for rape and assault.
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas warned earlier this year he would seek prison time for Tyson.
"He has run out of second chances, at least in my book," Thomas said. "I believe some period of incarceration is necessary to help this man break his self-described addiction to cocaine and to protect the public."
Tyson could face up to four years and three months in prison according to the maximum sentence for felony drug possession and the misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence.
Tyson was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 29 last year after nearly crashing his car into a police car as he left a bar.
Police found three bags of cocaine in the former boxer's car during a roadside test. Tyson admitted using a mood stabiliser, marijuana and cocaine.
Tyson retired from boxing after he lost to unheralded Irishman Kevin McBride in June 2005.
Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) squandered an estimated 300 million dollars in earnings and declared bankruptcy in 2003, and last year fought in a series of exhibition bouts in order to improve his finances.
His arrest in Arizona was the latest in a series of brushes with the law since he exploded onto the boxing scene in the mid-1980s, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history in 1986, aged 20.
Considered unbeatable for the rest of the decade, Tyson's career went off the rails when he suffered a shock upset to James "Buster" Douglas in 1990.
In 1992, Tyson was convicted of raping a beauty queen at a pageant in Indianapolis, Indiana and was sentenced to six years in prison.
He was released in 1995, and although he regained two of his world titles in 1996, he was never to recapture the aura of invincibility he had once enjoyed.
He was knocked out by Evander Holyfield in 1996, and the following year was banned from boxing after he bit a chunk out of Holyfield's ear during their rematch in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tyson was jailed again in 1999 for assaulting two people following a traffic accident.
Source: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jYFfozOWE7K5OU7wqKQHJzM6EX0g
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Mike Tyson pleads guilty in drugs, driving case
PHOENIX, United States (AFP) — Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson could be facing jail again after admitting charges of drug possession and driving under the influence, court officials said Monday.
Tyson, 41, entered guilty pleas during a court appearance in Mesa, Arizona, after initially denying the charges at an earlier hearing, a spokeswoman for Maricopa County Superior Court confirmed to AFP.
The boxer once known as the "baddest man on the planet" will be sentenced on November 19 and could now face another spell in jail following earlier terms behind bars on convictions for rape and assault.
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas warned earlier this year he would seek prison time for Tyson.
"He has run out of second chances, at least in my book," Thomas said. "I believe some period of incarceration is necessary to help this man break his self-described addiction to cocaine and to protect the public."
Tyson could face up to four years and three months in prison according to the maximum sentence for felony drug possession and the misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence.
Tyson was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 29 last year after nearly crashing his car into a police car as he left a bar.
Police found three bags of cocaine in the former boxer's car during a roadside test. Tyson admitted using a mood stabiliser, marijuana and cocaine.
Tyson retired from boxing after he lost to unheralded Irishman Kevin McBride in June 2005.
Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) squandered an estimated 300 million dollars in earnings and declared bankruptcy in 2003, and last year fought in a series of exhibition bouts in order to improve his finances.
His arrest in Arizona was the latest in a series of brushes with the law since he exploded onto the boxing scene in the mid-1980s, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history in 1986, aged 20.
Considered unbeatable for the rest of the decade, Tyson's career went off the rails when he suffered a shock upset to James "Buster" Douglas in 1990.
In 1992, Tyson was convicted of raping a beauty queen at a pageant in Indianapolis, Indiana and was sentenced to six years in prison.
He was released in 1995, and although he regained two of his world titles in 1996, he was never to recapture the aura of invincibility he had once enjoyed.
He was knocked out by Evander Holyfield in 1996, and the following year was banned from boxing after he bit a chunk out of Holyfield's ear during their rematch in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tyson was jailed again in 1999 for assaulting two people following a traffic accident.
Source: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jYFfozOWE7K5OU7wqKQHJzM6EX0g
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