Lisping former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson was arrested for driving under the influence, and possession of cocaine in Scottsdale, Arizona, early Friday morning.
According to TMZ, Tyson, 40, told cops he had been using illegal substances over the last few days. Cops stopped Iron Mike after he ran a stop sign and nearly crashed into a sheriff’s vehicle around 1:45 AM. Police tell TMZ that Tyson was cooperative and behaved like a gentleman.
Tyson was booked at a Maricopa County sheriff’s jail and is expected to appear before a judge later this afternoon to determine bail.
This isn’t Tyson’s first rendezvous with Arizona law enforcement. In 2004, the high-talking boxer was arrested and charged with suspicion of criminal damage after cops say he left a nightclub and jumped on the hood of a stranger’s car, causing about $1400 worth of damage.
In 1999 Tyson served nine months in prison for assaulting two people after a car accident. In 1992, Tyson served three years in prison after being convicted of raping Miss Black Rhode Island, Desiree Washington, in an Indianapolis hotel room.
While in prison, Tyson converted to Islam and changed his name to Mike “Abdul Aziz” Tyson.
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