Editing Mike Tyson (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Gates of boxer Mike Tyson's mansion in Southington, Ohio.jpg|thumb|right|The gates of Tyson's mansion in [[Southington, Ohio]], which he purchased and lived in during the 1980s<ref>{{cite web | title = Mike Tyson Mansion | publisher = American Urbex | date = August 11, 2011 | url = http://americanurbex.com/wordpress/?p=1525 | access-date = November 6, 2014 | archive-date = November 6, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141106041954/http://americanurbex.com/wordpress/?p=1525 | url-status = live }}</ref>]]

=== Marriages and children ===
Tyson resides in [[Seven Hills, Nevada]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/doug-elfman/mike-tyson-spent-25m-move-down-the-street|title=Mike Tyson spent $2.5M to move down the street|author=Doug Elfman|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=April 12, 2016|archive-date=April 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414211818/http://www.reviewjournal.com/doug-elfman/mike-tyson-spent-25m-move-down-the-street|url-status=live}}</ref> He has been married three times, and has seven children, one deceased, with three women; in addition to his biological children, Tyson includes his second wife's oldest daughter as one of his own.<ref name="Merkin-2011">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/magazine/mag-20Tyson-t.html |title=The Suburbanization of Mike Tyson |last=Merkin |first=Daphne |date=March 15, 2011 |work=The New York Times Magazine |access-date=April 7, 2015 |archive-date=April 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407221724/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/magazine/mag-20Tyson-t.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tyson married actress [[Robin Givens]] on February 7, 1988, at Holy Angels Catholic Church during a traditional ceremony in Chicago.<ref name="divorc1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |date=February 22, 1988 |title=Mike Tyson Weds Robin Givens In Chicago Church |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gbsDAAAAMBAJ |journal=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |volume=73 |issue=21 |pages=54–55}}</ref> Givens was known at the time for her role on the sitcom ''[[Head of the Class]].'' Tyson's marriage to Givens was especially tumultuous, with allegations of violence, [[spousal abuse]], and mental instability on Tyson's part.<ref name="givens1">{{cite news|title=Mike Tyson vs. Robin Givens: the champ's biggest fight |work=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]] |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n3_v44/ai_6932688 |access-date=April 24, 2007 |year=1989 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515050704/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n3_v44/ai_6932688 |archive-date=May 15, 2007 }}</ref>

Matters came to a head when Tyson and Givens gave a joint interview with [[Barbara Walters]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] TV [[news magazine]] show ''[[20/20 (US television show)|20/20]]'' in September 1988, in which Givens described life with Tyson as "torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine."<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFD7123CF933A0575AC0A96E948260 Wife Discusses Tyson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411073805/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFD7123CF933A0575AC0A96E948260 |date=April 11, 2008 }}, ''AP via [[New York Times]]'', September 30, 1988. Retrieved April 24, 2007.</ref> Givens also described Tyson as "[[Bipolar disorder|manic depressive]]" – which was later confirmed by doctors<ref>{{cite news |last=Schaap |first=Jeremy |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=2431583 |title=Who is the new Mike Tyson? |work=ABC News |date=September 13, 2006 |access-date=October 14, 2012 |archive-date=March 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315052549/http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=2431583 |url-status=live }}</ref> – on national television while Tyson looked on with an intent and calm expression.<ref name="givens1" /> A month later, Givens announced that she was seeking a divorce from the allegedly abusive Tyson,<ref name="givens1" /> with the two officially separating on February 14, 1989.<ref name="divorc1" />

According to the book ''Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson'', Tyson admitted that he punched Givens and stated, "that was the best punch I've ever thrown in my entire life."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-23-sp-2706-story.html|title=Robin Took Best Punch, Tyson Says in Biography|date=June 23, 1989|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 8, 2019|archive-date=January 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128121504/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-06-23/sports/sp-2706_1_tyson-s-managers-tyson-friend-jose-torres-robin-givens|url-status=live}}</ref> Tyson claimed that the book was "filled with inaccuracies."<ref>{{cite book|last=Tyson|first=Mike|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SGKDQAAQBAJ&q=%22I%20never%20said%20that%20about%20women.%20I%20said%20that%20about%20my%20opponents%20in%20the%20ring%22&pg=PA209|title=Undisputed Truth, My Autobiography|publisher=[[Plume (publisher)|Plume]]|year=2013|isbn=978-0-14-218121-8|page=209|author-link=Mike Tyson|access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208043959/https://books.google.com/books?id=9SGKDQAAQBAJ&q=%22I+never+said+that+about+women.+I+said+that+about+my+opponents+in+the+ring%22&pg=PA209|url-status=live}}</ref> Tyson and Givens had no children, but she reported having had a [[miscarriage]]; Tyson claimed that she was never pregnant and only used that to get him to marry her.<ref name="givens1" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DA123CF935A15753C1A96E948260&sec=&spon= |title=Boxing Notebook; Lalonde-Leonard: It's Same Old Hype |last=Berger |first=Phil |date=October 26, 1988 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208044000/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/26/sports/boxing-notebook-lalonde-leonard-it-s-same-old-hype.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During their marriage, the couple lived in a mansion in [[Bernardsville, New Jersey]].<ref>Gross, Ken. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20100208,00.html "As Wife Robin Givens Splits for the Coast, Mike Tyson Rearranges the Furniture"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323024058/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20100208,00.html |date=March 23, 2011 }}, ''[[People (American magazine)|People]]'', October 17, 1988. Retrieved March 21, 2011. "The food lies untouched. The only sounds across the breakfast table in the Bernardsville, N.J., mansion are the loud silences of words being swallowed. Finally, Robin Givens, 24, star of the ABC-TV sitcom ''Head of the Class'', pushes herself away from the table and announces, 'I have to pack.' 'Me, too,' says her husband, Mike Tyson, 22, the world heavyweight boxing champion. Suddenly the Sunday morning atmosphere is tense and full of menace."</ref><ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-12-tyson-chronology_x.htm Mike Tyson Chronology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427202512/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-12-tyson-chronology_x.htm |date=April 27, 2012 }}, ''[[USA Today]]'', June 12, 2005. Retrieved March 21, 2011. "Oct. 2, 1988&nbsp;– Police go to Tyson's Bernardsville, N.J., home after he hurls furniture out the window and forces Givens and her mother to flee the house."</ref>

Tyson's second marriage was to Monica Turner from April 19, 1997, to January 14, 2003.<ref>{{cite news |year=2003 |title=Tyson finalizes divorce, could pay ex $9&nbsp;million |work=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_6_103/ai_97235749 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113152855/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_6_103/ai_97235749 |archive-date=January 13, 2008}}</ref> At the time of the divorce filing, Turner worked as a [[Pediatrics|pediatric]] [[Residency (medicine)|resident]] at [[Georgetown University School of Medicine|Georgetown University Medical Center]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="smg1">[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/tysondiv1.html The Smoking Gun: Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630003517/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/tysondiv1.html|date=June 30, 2009}}, ''[[The Smoking Gun]]''. Retrieved March 30, 2007.</ref> She is the sister of [[Michael S. Steele|Michael Steele]], the former [[Lieutenant Governor of Maryland]] and former [[Republican National Committee]] chairman.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zeleny |first1=Jeff |last2=Lorber |first2=Janie |title=Profile of Michael Steele |work=The New York Times |url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/michael_steele/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504074430/http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/michael_steele/index.html |archive-date=May 4, 2010}}</ref> Turner filed for divorce from Tyson in January 2002, claiming that he committed [[adultery]] during their five-year marriage, an act that "has neither been forgiven nor condoned."<ref name="smg1" /> The couple had two children.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 19, 2020 |title=Ramsey Tyson Wants You to Stop Making Assumptions About Trans Kids |url=https://www.them.us/story/ramsey-tyson-mike-tyson-boosie-badazz-transphobia-trans-kids-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007165021/https://www.them.us/story/ramsey-tyson-mike-tyson-boosie-badazz-transphobia-trans-kids-interview |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |website=them. |language=en-US}}</ref>

On May 25, 2009, Tyson's four-year-old daughter, Exodus, was found by her seven-year-old brother, unconscious and tangled in a cord, dangling from an exercise treadmill. The child's mother untangled her, administered [[CPR]] and called for medical attention. Tyson, who was in Las Vegas at the time of the incident, traveled back to Phoenix to be with her. She died of her injuries on May 26, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 26, 2009 |title=Police: Tyson's daughter on life support |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/25/arizona.tyson.daughter/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930201102/http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/25/arizona.tyson.daughter/index.html |archive-date=September 30, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 27, 2009 |title=Tyson's daughter dies after accident, police say |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/26/arizona.tyson.daughter/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127073018/http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/26/arizona.tyson.daughter/index.html |archive-date=January 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Corky |last=Siemaszko |date=October 12, 2009 |title=Mike Tyson says he doesn't want to know how daughter Exodus was killed |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/mike-tyson-doesn-daughter-exodus-killed-article-1.387104 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601050251/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/mike-tyson-doesn-daughter-exodus-killed-article-1.387104 |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref>

Eleven days after his daughter's death, Tyson wed for the third time, to longtime girlfriend Lakiha "Kiki" Spicer, age 32, exchanging vows on June 6, 2009, in a short, private ceremony at the La Bella Wedding Chapel at the Las Vegas Hilton.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=2009-06-10 |title=Mike Tyson Marries Two Weeks After Daughter's Death |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/mike-tyson-marries-1006746/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111010505/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Mike-Tyson-Marries-1006746.aspx |archive-date=January 11, 2010 |access-date=2024-11-17 |magazine=TV Guide}}</ref> They have two children.<ref name="Merkin-2011" />

=== Religious beliefs ===
Raised as a [[Catholic]],<ref name="McNeil-2014" /> Tyson has stated that he converted to [[Islam]] before entering prison and that he made no efforts to correct what was reported in the media,<ref>{{cite web |title="I Wanted Revenge...i Didn't Violate That Woman" - Mike Tyson Candid on Life After Prison for Rape |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGcDLGjkc8&t=159 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208044013/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGcDLGjkc8&t=159 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |access-date=November 26, 2020 |website=[[YouTube]]| date=June 20, 2020 }}</ref> although it was falsely reported that he [[conversion to Islam in U.S. prisons|converted to Islam]] during his time in prison and adopted the [[Arabic name|Muslim name]] Malik Abdul Aziz;<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Dave |date=November 13, 1994 |title=The Tyson, Olajuwon Connection |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/13/sports/sports-of-the-times-the-tyson-olajuwon-connection.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127135938/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E3D81731F930A25752C1A962958260 |archive-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref> some sources report it as Malik Shabazz.<ref>Usborne, David (March 27, 1995). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/tyson-gets-a-heros-welcome-1612982.html "Tyson gets a hero's welcome"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825215553/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/tyson-gets-a-heros-welcome-1612982.html|date=August 25, 2018}}. ''[[The Independent]]''. Independent Print Ltd. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref> Tyson never changed his given name to an Islamic one, despite the rumors.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baker |first1=William J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Brpa5FYhK7MC&pg=PA234 |title=Playing with God: Religion and Modern Sport |date=2009 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-02044-3 |page=234 |language=en |access-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408094140/https://books.google.com/books?id=Brpa5FYhK7MC&pg=PA234 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2013, Tyson stated "the more I look into the churches and mosques for god, the more I start seeing the devil".<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Tyson: "More I Look into Churches & Mosques for God, the More I See the Devil" &#124; SiriusXM |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVuWa7mvWBA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502091110/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVuWa7mvWBA |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |access-date=March 4, 2020 |website=[[YouTube]]| date=November 22, 2013 }}</ref> But, just a month later, in a December 2013 interview with Fox News, Tyson said that he is very grateful to be a Muslim and that he needs Allah in his life. In the same interview Tyson talked about his progress with sobriety and how being in the company of good people has made him want to be a better and more humble person.<ref name="foxtyson">{{cite news |last=Gostin |first=Nicki |date=December 6, 2013 |title=Mike Tyson talks religion: 'I need Allah' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mike-tyson-talks-religon-i-need-allah |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420003848/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/12/06/mike-tyson-talks-religon-need-allah/ |archive-date=April 20, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |work=Fox News}}</ref>

He first completed the Islamic pilgrimage [[Umrah]] in July 2010<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyson |first=Mike |date=2010 |title=I just left the Holy City of Mecca where I was blessed to have been able to make Umrah. |url=https://twitter.com/MikeTyson/status/17873474882}}</ref> and more recently in December 2022 accompanied by [[DJ Khaled]], a [[Palestinian Americans|Palestinian American]] Muslim.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arab News |date=2022 |title=DJ Khaled, Mike Tyson perform Umrah in Saudi Arabia's Makkah |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2213906/offbeat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sukheja |first=Bhavya |date=2022 |title=Video: DJ Khaled Gets Emotional While Performing Umrah In Mecca With Mike Tyson |url=https://www.ndtv.com/feature/video-dj-khaled-gets-emotional-while-performing-umrah-in-mecca-with-mike-tyson-3597915}}</ref>

=== Diet ===
In March 2011, Tyson appeared on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' to discuss his new [[Animal Planet]] reality series ''[[Taking On Tyson]]''. In the interview with DeGeneres, Tyson discussed some of the ways he had improved his life in the past two years, including sober living and a [[veganism|vegan]] diet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urblife.com/the-life/mike-tyson-talks-sobriety-and-vegan-life-with-ellen-degeneres|title=Mike Tyson Talks Sobriety and Vegan Life with Ellen DeGeneres|publisher=UrbLife.com|date=March 8, 2011|access-date=March 8, 2011|archive-date=March 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311093955/http://www.urblife.com/the-life/mike-tyson-talks-sobriety-and-vegan-life-with-ellen-degeneres/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in August 2013 he admitted publicly that he had lied about his sobriety and was on the verge of death from alcoholism.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson: 'I'm on the verge of dying because I'm a vicious alcoholic.'|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/former-heavyweight-champion-mike-tyson-m-verge-dying-171611493.html|work=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|last=Iole|first=Kevin|date=August 25, 2013|access-date=August 25, 2013|archive-date=August 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825203123/http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/former-heavyweight-champion-mike-tyson-m-verge-dying-171611493.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.focus.de/sport/boxen/boxer-hat-schweres-alkoholproblem-mike-tyson-ich-stehe-an-der-schwelle-des-todes_id_3121186.html|title=Boxer hat schweres AlkoholproblemMike Tyson: "Ich stehe an der Schwelle des Todes"|work=FOCUS online |publisher=[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]] Online|access-date=September 3, 2023|language=de|archive-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826180559/https://www.focus.de/sport/boxen/boxer-hat-schweres-alkoholproblem-mike-tyson-ich-stehe-an-der-schwelle-des-todes_id_3121186.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tyson also revealed that he is no longer vegan, stating, "I was a vegan for four years but not anymore. I eat chicken every now and then. I should be a vegan. [No red meat] at all, no way! I would be very sick if I ate red meat. That's probably why I was so crazy before."<ref name="foxtyson"/>

=== Political views ===
In 2015, Tyson announced that he was supporting [[Donald Trump]]'s [[2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign|presidential candidacy]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Kerr-Dineen |first=Luke |date=October 27, 2015 |title=Mike Tyson just endorsed Donald Trump for president |url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/10/mike-tyson-just-endorsed-donald-trump-for-president |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029230035/http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/10/mike-tyson-just-endorsed-donald-trump-for-president |archive-date=October 29, 2015 |access-date=October 29, 2015 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref>

=== Controversies and legal challenges ===
On December 29, 2006, Tyson was arrested in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], on suspicion of [[Driving under the influence|DUI]] and [[felony]] [[drug possession]]; he nearly crashed into a police SUV shortly after leaving a nightclub. According to a police probable-cause statement, filed in [[Maricopa County]] Superior Court, "[Tyson] admitted to using [drugs] today and stated he is an addict and has a problem."<ref>{{cite web |last=Gaynor |first=Tim |date=January 21, 2007 |title=Former boxer Tyson arrested on DUI, cocaine charges |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-tyson-idUKN2923975220061229 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307184336/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-tyson-idUKN2923975220061229 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |access-date=March 15, 2007 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> Tyson pleaded not guilty on January 22, 2007, in Maricopa County Superior Court to felony drug possession and paraphernalia possession counts and two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of drugs. On February 8 he checked himself into an inpatient treatment program for "various addictions" while awaiting trial on the drug charges.<ref>Khan, Chris., [http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/feb/08/boxing-tyson-enters-rehab-facility/ Boxing: Tyson enters rehab facility] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123034/https://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/feb/08/boxing-tyson-enters-rehab-facility/|date=September 29, 2007}}, ''AP via [[The Albuquerque Tribune]]'', February 8, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2007.</ref>

On September 24, 2007, Tyson pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and driving under the influence. He was convicted of these charges in November 2007 and sentenced to 24 hours in jail. After his release, he was ordered to serve three years' probation and complete 360 hours of community service. Prosecutors had requested a year-long jail sentence, but the judge praised Tyson for seeking help with his drug problems.<ref>BBC NEWS, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7102471.stm Tyson Jailed on Drugs Charges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529201640/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7102471.stm|date=May 29, 2009}}, ''news.bbc.com'', November 19, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2007.</ref> On November 11, 2009, Tyson was arrested after getting into a scuffle at Los Angeles International airport with a photographer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eng |first=Joyce |title=Mike Tyson Arrested in Airport Scuffle |work=TV Guide |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Mike-Tyson-Arrested-1011995.aspx |url-status=live |access-date=November 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214032955/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Mike-Tyson-Arrested-1011995.aspx |archive-date=February 14, 2010}}</ref> No charges were filed.

In September 2011, Tyson gave an interview in which he made comments about former Alaska governor [[Sarah Palin]] including crude and violent descriptions of interracial sex. These comments were reprinted on ''[[The Daily Caller]]'' website. Journalist [[Greta van Susteren]] criticized Tyson and ''The Daily Caller'' over the comments, which she described as "smut" and "violence against women".<ref>{{cite news |title=Greta Van Susteren: Tucker Carlson's a 'pig' for Palin story |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63817.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923164409/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63817.html |archive-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>

On April 20, 2022, on a [[JetBlue]] flight from San Francisco to Florida, Tyson repeatedly punched a male passenger who was harassing him, including throwing water on Tyson; he did not face criminal charges.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-mike-tyson-physical-altercation-jet-blue-flight-rcna25479|title=Video shows Mike Tyson in physical altercation aboard JetBlue flight|date=April 21, 2022|publisher=NBC News|access-date=June 17, 2022|archive-date=May 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530004604/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-mike-tyson-physical-altercation-jet-blue-flight-rcna25479|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/mike-tyson-wont-face-criminal-charges-for-punching-airline-passenger-who-harassed-him/|title=Mike Tyson won't face criminal charges for punching airline passenger who harassed him|work=CBS Sports|date=May 12, 2022|last=Bengel|first=Chris|access-date=October 14, 2022|archive-date=October 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014191039/https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/mike-tyson-wont-face-criminal-charges-for-punching-airline-passenger-who-harassed-him/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2023, Tyson found himself amidst criticism and rumors regarding his alleged donation to the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Defense Forces]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jain |first1=Ujwal |title="I support peace" - Mike Tyson addresses controversy surrounding recent appearance at fundraiser held for Israeli forces |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-i-support-peace-mike-tyson-addresses-controversy-surrounding-recent-appearance-fundraiser-held-israeli-forces |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us |date=17 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="Smith-2023">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ryan |date=2023 |title=Mike Tyson Denies Link to Israel Military Fundraising |website=[[Newsweek]] |url=https://www.newsweek.com/mike-tyson-denies-link-israel-military-fundraising-fidf-1844599}}</ref> after he was photographed attending a November 13 event<ref>{{Cite web |last=World Red Eye |date=2023 |title=The 2023 Miami International FIDF Night of Solidarity at The Faena Forum |url=https://worldredeye.com/2023/11/the-2023-miami-international-fidf-night-of-solidarity-at-the-faena-forum/}}</ref> sponsored by [[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces|Friends of the IDF]] (FIDF) to fundraise for the [[Gaza war]], which seemed to clash with his previous statements about [[Palestinians]]. This led to a social media backlash, prompting Tyson to release the following statement on Instagram: <blockquote>"I want to clarify the recent portrayal of an event I attended," he wrote on Thursday. "Invited for a casual evening out by a friend, I was unaware of the arranged fundraiser and no donations were made by me or on my behalf. As a Muslim and human, I support peace. My prayers have been and continue to be with my brothers and sisters."<ref name="Smith-2023" /></blockquote>