Editing Robin Givens (section)

==Personal life==
Givens began dating [[Boxing|boxer]] [[Mike Tyson]] in 1987.<ref name="Collier-1987"/> According to Givens, Tyson was physically abusive before they wed on February 7, 1988.<ref name="Oprah-2004"/><ref name="Hasen-1989">{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/02/14/Heavyweight-champion-Mike-Tyson-and-actress-Robin-Givens-chose/5138603435600/|title=Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and actress Robin Givens chose...|last=Hasen|first=Jeff|date=February 14, 1989|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref> Tyson stated that he was "severely traumatized by that relationship."<ref>{{cite book |last=Tyson |first=Mike |author-link=Mike Tyson |year=2013 |title=Undisputed Truth, My Autobiography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SGKDQAAQBAJ&q=%22severely%20traumatized%20by%20that%20relationship%22&pg=PA188 |publisher= [[Plume (publisher)|Plume]] |page=118 |isbn=978-0-14-218121-8}}</ref> Tyson was then estimated to be worth $50 million; he and Givens did not have a [[prenuptial agreement]].<ref name="Soble-1988"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Klott|first=Gary|date=January 28, 1996|title=A Prenuptial Agreement Is Legal Security For Plain Folks|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-01-28-9601250538-story.html|access-date=December 1, 2020|website=Sun-Sentinel.com|language=en-US}}</ref> During their marriage, Givens bought a $4.3 million mansion in the affluent suburb of [[Bernardsville, New Jersey]] with money withdrawn from Tyson's [[brokerage account]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|date=October 20, 1988|title=Givens Renounces All Tyson Money|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/10/20/givens-renounces-all-tyson-money/a273c729-31eb-44f0-bac2-dde7c24d4fed/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 18, 1989|title=Mike Moving Out Of Jersey|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/08/18/MIKE-MOVING-OUT-OF-JERSEY/8149619416000/|access-date=December 1, 2020|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Gross, Ken|date=October 17, 1988|title=As Wife Robin Givens Splits for the Coast, Mike Tyson Rearranges the Furniture|work=[[People (American magazine)|People]]|url=https://people.com/archive/as-wife-robin-givens-splits-for-the-coast-mike-tyson-rearranges-the-furniture-vol-30-no-16/}} "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> They appeared in a [[Diet Pepsi]] commercial together and on the cover of [[Life (magazine)|''Life'']] magazine.<ref name="Jet-1988">{{Cite journal|date=October 24, 1988|title=Tyson-Givens Marriage Is Ending After Eight Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=264DAAAAMBAJ&q=robin+givens+tyson+jet&pg=PA16|journal=Jet|pages=16–18, 51}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oldlifemagazine.com/july-01-1988-life-magazine.html|title=Life Magazine, July 1, 1988 - Mike Tyson And Robin Givens|website=oldlifemagazine.com|language=en}}</ref> 

After her [[miscarriage]] in June 1988, their marriage began to fall apart.<ref name="McMurran-1988"/><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Katz|first1=Michael|last2=Marques|first2=Stuart|date=October 13, 1988|title=Doctor Says Givens Had A Miscarriage|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.oprah.com/relationships/robin-givens-reveals-all/all}}</ref> Tyson claims Givens' pregnancy and miscarriage were part of a ruse to rush him into marriage, claiming that in all the time she was supposedly pregnant, Givens never gained a pound.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, accusing actress wife Robin Givens...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/10/14/Heavyweight-champion-Mike-Tyson-accusing-actress-wife-Robin-Givens/9787592804800/|access-date=June 19, 2021|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref> In a joint interview with Tyson on ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]'' in September 1988, Givens told [[Barbara Walters]] that life with him was "torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine," and she went on to describe his volatile temper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-30-sp-3141-story.html|title=Mood Swings : In a TV Interview, Tyson's Wife Says Life Has Been 'Torture ... Pure Hell'|date=September 30, 1988|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In October 1988, Givens filed for divorce, citing [[Domestic violence|spousal abuse]] and was granted a temporary restraining order.<ref name="Jet-1988"/> Her attorney [[Marvin Mitchelson]] said, "She loves Michael Tyson, but there is continued violence, and she fears for her safety."<ref name="Soble-1988">{{Cite web|last=Soble|first=Ronald L.|date=October 8, 1988|title=Givens, Citing Fear, Files for Divorce From Tyson|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-08-sp-3096-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Tyson sought an [[annulment]], accusing her of stealing millions of dollars and manipulating the public.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=January 9, 1989|title=Mike Tyson: "The Truth About Robin And Me"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vr0DAAAAMBAJ&q=robin+givens+tyson+jet&pg=PA59|journal=Jet|pages=59–60}}</ref> Givens responded by filing a $125 million libel suit for [[defamation]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/11/17/givens-files-125-million-libel-suit-against-tyson/06f4f09e-2fb8-4d8e-84ba-23e4a0e95437/|title=Givens Files $125 Million Libel Suit Against Tyson|date=November 17, 1988|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Their divorce was finalized on [[Valentine's Day]] in 1989.<ref name="Hasen-1989"/>

Givens received negative press following her split from Tyson, particularly within the sports and African-American communities.<ref name="McKinney-2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2018/11/robin-givens-opens-up-mike-tyson-abusive-me-too-wendy-williams-watch|title=Robin Givens Opens Up About Mike Tyson Abuse In Wake Of #MeToo: Watch|last=McKinney|first=Jessica|date=November 22, 2018|website=Vibe|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lavin|first=Cheryl|date=October 27, 1988|title=The Woman America Loves To Hate The Soon-To-Be-Ex-Mrs. Tyson Has Asked For Sympathy, And None Will Be Given.|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1988-10-27-8803030360-story.html|access-date=December 1, 2020|website=The Chicago Tribune|language=en-US|via=Sun-Sentinel.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Vader|first=J. E.|date=December 12, 1988|title=Back Off, Robin Bashers|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/12/12/back-off-robin-bashers-a-few-words-in-defense-of-the-villainous-robin-givens|access-date=December 1, 2020|website=Sports Illustrated Vault|language=en-us}}</ref> Headlines heralded her as "the Most Hated Woman in America" and she was described as a "[[gold digger]] who married Tyson solely for his millions."<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 16, 2009|title=Through the Storm: Robin Givens|url=https://www.essence.com/news/through-the-storm-robin-givens/|access-date=December 1, 2020|website=Essence|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Randolph|first=Laura B.|date=March 1990|title=Robin Givens Life After Tyson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oswDAAAAMBAJ&q=hated+woman&pg=PA145|journal=Ebony|pages=122–123}}</ref> Givens denied that she received a reported divorce settlement of over $10 million from Tyson, stating that she "didn't receive one dime."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.essence.com/2008/06/18/through-the-storm-robin-givens|title=Through the Storm: Robin Givens|last=Bass|first=Patrik Henry|date=June 18, 2008|website=Essence|publisher=essence.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Younge|first=Gary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/boxing/article/0,,1012528,00.html|title=Out for the count|date=August 4, 2003|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

According to the 1989 biography ''Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson'', Tyson admitted he punched Givens, stating "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}}</ref> Tyson later claimed 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}}</ref> In 2009, Tyson joked about "socking" Givens on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show|Oprah]]'', which caused laughter in the audience. [[Oprah Winfrey|Winfrey]] later issued an apology to Givens.<ref name="Oprah-2009"/>

In 1993, Givens adopted her first son, Michael "Buddy" Givens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/robin-givens-an/|title=Robin Givens and sons|date=August 23, 2007|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|language=EN}}</ref> In 1997, she married her tennis instructor, Svetozar Marinković. Givens filed for divorce months later.<ref name="askmen"/> In 1999, she had a biological son, William "Billy" Jensen, with ex-boyfriend, tennis player [[Murphy Jensen]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20061259,00.html|title='I've Been Through a Lot' |last=Perry|first=Beth|date=June 25, 2007|magazine=People|access-date=October 22, 2008}}</ref>

In January 2004, Givens struck a pedestrian while driving an SUV through a [[Miami]], Florida, intersection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,627611,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320010619/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,627611,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2008|title=Robin Givens Strikes, Hurts Pedestrian|date=January 29, 2004|publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=October 22, 2008}}</ref> Givens was ticketed for failing to use due care with a pedestrian in a crosswalk, but the charges were later dismissed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-12-07-robin-givens_x.htm|title=Charges dismissed against Robin Givens|date=December 4, 2004|publisher=usatoday.com|access-date=October 22, 2008}}</ref> In June 2004, the injured party filed a civil lawsuit against Givens for an unspecified amount.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-18-givens-sued_x.htm|title=89-year-old woman sues Robyn Givens|date=June 18, 2004|publisher=usatoday.com|access-date=October 22, 2008}}</ref>

A May 7, 2009, article in ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine reported that the [[Internal Revenue Service]] was suing Givens for unpaid federal income taxes totaling $292,000 (${{Inflation|US|292000|2009|r=-3|fmt=c}} in present-day USD when adjusted for inflation), an amount which included interest and penalties. The government had asked a federal court in Florida for a judgment against her on 39 assessments covering a span of eight years.<ref>{{cite news|author=William P. Barrett|date= May 7, 2009|title= Feds Sue Robin Givens For $292,000 Owed IRS| work=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/05/07/irs-debt-mike-tyson-personal-finance-taxes-robin-givens.html}}</ref>