Former professional boxer Mike Tyson is not going to face costs for an incident final month the place he punched a fellow passenger on a JetBlue flight.
The San Mateo County District Legal professional introduced on Tuesday that prosecutors is not going to be submitting costs towards the previous heavyweight champion for the alleged assault, which befell on a flight out of San Francisco Worldwide Airport, Oakland Fox affiliate KTVU reported.
D.A. Steve Wagstaffe mentioned the choice was made to not cost Tyson with misdemeanor battery after reviewing video and police studies from the April 20 incident.
No costs shall be filed towards the passenger both, who Wagstaffe famous declined to press costs towards the boxer.
“We now deem the case closed,” Wagstaffe mentioned.
Footage initially obtained by TMZ Sports confirmed Tyson sitting in his firstclass seat ready for the airplane to take off from San Francisco to Florida whereas a person who appears very excited retains making an attempt to speak him.
A witness informed TMZ that Tyson was affected person with the person earlier than finally making an attempt to finish the change.
Nonetheless, the person stored speaking to Tyson, and finally the boxer tried to get him to cease by punching him a number of instances.
Tyson then reportedly walked off the airplane whereas the person acquired medical consideration earlier than getting off the airplane himself to go to the police.
Representatives for Tyson later told TMZ that “sadly, Mr. Tyson had an incident on a flight with an aggressive passenger who started harassing him and threw a water bottle at him whereas he was in his seat.”
