MIKE TYSON’S ex-wife Robin Givens has appointed lawyers and claims she is being defamed ahead of the release of a biopic about the Baddest Man on the Planet.
Actor Jamie Foxx is set to play the controversial boxer in the film about his life.
The couple were married in 1988 but their relationship disintegrated amid claims that he beat herCredit: Getty Images – Getty
But lawyers for Ms Givens have demanded Tyson “cease and desist” from contacting her.
Robin Givens and Tyson in happier times during their rocky marriageCredit: AP:Associated Press
Tyson and Robin Givens during their marriageCredit: AFP
The American actress also claims Iron Mike, 54, is defaming her in his podcasts.
Letters from her legal team “demand that Mr Tyson cease and desist from further defaming Ms. Givens, and to put those producing, writing and/or directing the proposed Tyson biopic, and those producing Mr Tyson’s podcast, on notice that they are to refrain from portraying Ms Givens in a false, negative and defamatory light.”
The letter further states: “While [she] has attempted to move on, she still finds herself fighting the abusive, demeaning and false accounts of their relationship by Mr Tyson nearly 35 years later.
“It is time for Mr Tyson to let this marriage be the relic of the past that it is.”
And she has already won a technical KO after producers revealed they would NOT be detailing Tyson’s messy marriage and subsequent divorce in the film.
Ms Givens was Tyson’s first wife.
Jamie Foxx (left) will play Mike Tyson in the forthcoming biopic of the boxer’s controversial lifeCredit: Instagram
They were married at the height of his fame in 1988 after he became the youngest ever undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
But it was allegedly a violent marriage which ended in divorce in 1989.
Ms Givens, 55, said to have previously dated Hollywood star Eddie Murphy and basketball legend Michael Jordan, started dating Tyson in 1987.
It was claimed that after her miscarriage in 1988 their marriage fell apart.
Tyson has previously claimed that he caught her in bed with Hollywood icon Brad Pitt as their divorce was still being finalised.
Ms Givens was awarded a $10million divorce settlement but claims she did not receive anything.
She filed a $125m claim for defamation against him before their divorce on Valentine’s Day in 1989.
Ms Givens has previously admitted to being “disturbed” by Tyson’s book detailing their tempestuous marriage.
She was left distressed after reading her ex-partner’s biography “Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson” released the same year they split.
Tyson, who it was revealed this week had to be taught to throw a movie punch for his role in The Hangover Part II, is returning to the ring in November.
His career reached its nadir in 2005 amid depression and cocaine and alcohol binges.
But he has lost SIX STONE and looks in stunning shape ahead of his ring return against Roy Jones Jr on November 28.
Mike Tyson stuns fans by training on side of the road with car in tow ahead of his comeback against Roy Jones Jr
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
