Mike Tyson Sued For $25 Million By Photographer
May 28 2018, Updated 10:18 a.m. ET
On Monday, a paparazzi photographer filed a $25 million lawsuit against Mike Tyson after he got in a fight with the former world champion boxer at LAX airport, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.
Antonio Echevarria lodged his suit at Los Angeles Superior Court claiming that Tyson told him “I will kill you” during the November 11, 2009, bust-up which resulted in the ex-boxer being booked for his part in the fight.
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In his suit, Echevarria claims that Tyson and two LAX employees made false statements to the police which resulted in him being taken into custody also.
He claims the Tyson attacked him at LAX while he was filming the boxer and the injuries he sustained resulted in him being severely hurt in his health, strength and activity, sustaining severe injuries to his face, brain, spine, neck and other parts of his body.
Tyson was passing through LAX on a trip from Europe to Las Vegas when the fisticuffs occurred at around 4:30pm.
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Tyson and Echevarria made cross complaints against each other for misdemeanor battery, and each man placed the other under citizen's arrest. Tyson was taken to the Los Angeles Police Department's 77th Station following the incident. Echevarria suffered a minor laceration to his forehead and