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An legal professional for the Jet Blue passenger who was repeatedly punched within the face by Mike Tyson says the previous heavyweight champion used extreme power.
Lawyer Matt Morgan desires Tyson, 55, to pay for beating down his shopper, Melvin Townsend III, on a flight from San Francisco to Florida on Wednesday.
Tyson’s crew tells TMZ, Townsend harassed the ex-pugilist and even threw a water bottle at him. And that is why Tyson cleaned Townsend’s clock.
Mobile phone video exhibits Townsend sitting behind Tyson on the flight. At instances he hovering over the again of Tyson’s seat and appeared to be badgering the folks’s champ.
Morgan tells TMZ:
“Our shopper is an enormous Mike Tyson fan. When Mike Tyson boarded the airplane, he grew to become overly excited. At first, their interplay was cordial… At a sure level, Mr. Tyson clearly grew to become agitated by an excessively excited fan and started to strike him in an extreme method. This example might have been prevented just by contacting the flight attendant. Our shopper denies throwing a water bottle previous to being struck by Mr. Tyson.”
Tyson’s crew informed TMZ Townsend had thrown a bottle at him – and that is why Tyson cleaned the man’s clock.
Tyson’s fury left Townsend’s face bloody, however he declined to press expenses towards the previous boxer.
A supply tells TMZ that Townsend “Remains to be in shock” and weighing his subsequent transfer. He employed a lawyer as a result of his bodily accidents and to deal with the avalanche of media requests for remark.
TMZ did some digging, and Townsend isn’t any angel. In actual fact, he has an in depth legal historical past.
The 36-year-old has been convicted of fraud, grand theft, housebreaking, possession of managed substances and trafficking in stolen property, TMZ studies.