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发帖数: 4465 | 1 Tyson was arrested in July 1991 for the rape of 18-year-old Desiree
Washington, Miss Black Rhode Island, in an Indianapolis hotel room. Tyson's
rape trial took place in the Indianapolis courthouse from January 26 to
February 10, 1992.
Desiree Washington testified that she received a phone call from Tyson at 1:
36 am on July 19, 1991 inviting her to a party. Having joined Tyson in his
limousine, Washington testified that Tyson made sexual advances towards her.
She testified that upon arriving at his hotel room, Tyson pinned her down
on his bed and raped her despite her pleas to stop. She ran out of the room
and asked Tyson's chauffeur to drive her back to her hotel.[citation needed]
Partial corroboration of Washington's story came via testimony from Tyson's
chauffeur, Virginia Foster, who confirmed Desiree Washington's state of
shock. Further testimony came from Thomas Richardson, the emergency room
physician who examined Washington more than 24 hours after the incident and
confirmed that Washington's physical condition was consistent with rape.[57]
Under lead defense lawyer Vincent Fuller's direct examination, Tyson claimed
that everything had taken place with Washington's full cooperation and he
claimed not to have forced himself upon her. When he was cross-examined by
lead prosecutor Gregory Garrison, Tyson denied claims that he had misled
Washington and insisted that she wanted to have sex with him. Because of
Tyson's hostile and defensive responses to the questions during cross-
examination, some have speculated that his behavior made him unlikable to
the jury who saw him as brutish and arrogant.[58] Tyson was convicted on the
rape charge on February 10, 1992 after the jury deliberated for nearly 10
hours.[59]
Alan Dershowitz filed an appeal on Tyson's behalf alleging that the victim
had a history of at least one false accusation of rape[60] and that the
judge had blocked testimony from witnesses who would have contradicted
Washington. The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled against Tyson in a 2–1 vote.
[61]
On March 26, he was sentenced to six years in prison followed by four years
on probation.[62] He was assigned to the Indiana Youth Center (now the
Plainfield Correctional Facility) in April 1992,[63] and he was released in
March 1995 after serving three years.[64] During his incarceration, Tyson
converted to Islam.[65] |
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