The Bridge; Mike Tyson; the Monster, the Myth

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I'm not writing this to place [Mike Tyson] on trial in the court of public opinion, because he's already been convicted there. But guilty or innocent, no one should issue edicts that he "get over it and move on." As he himself admitted, there are crimes of which he is guilty, but the rape charge is the one that won't go away. It's the one that people won't stop talking about.

Tyson once explained to ESPN how he thinks the public sees him: "I don't feel love from them because there's no love. They don't know me as an individual, because they pay to see me smash anybody. The only thing they have respect for is my ability as an athlete. But if I was in court and I had to use them to testify against me on my character, they wouldn't testify positively and they would think I'm a cad."

In the old '70's detective show, "Baretta," the theme song admonished listeners: "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time." Tyson has done the time and now he's so angry about it, he has dreams/nightmares of doing the crime.

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The Bridge; Mike Tyson; the Monster, the Myth

"She's a lying, monstrous young lady. I just hate her guts...now I really do want to rape her and her mama."

These words have caused a great deal of controversy for a man who is already mired in controversy, one "Iron" Mike Tyson, former heavyweight boxing champ of the ...

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