Mike Tyson Back in Trouble . . .
Friday November 13, 2009
Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was arrested after a scuffle with a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport. The photographer, Tony Echeverria, 50, was also arrested as each man claimed the other struck him.
Tyson was passing through LAX while traveling from Europe to Las Vegas with his wife and 10-month-old child. When the characteristically aggressive paparazzi descended upon the family, Echeverria reportedly bumped into the baby's stroller.
Tyson could end up back in jail if he's found to have violated probation from his 2007 drug case in which he pled guilty to cocaine possession and driving under the influence.
Comments
I have mixed emotions on this one.
On the one hand, when someone gladly embraces celebrity (and the money that it provides), they do so knowing that the attention (by definition) comes with it. When that attention is GOOD, they sure don’t mind it.
On the other hand, it is really ridiculous how we hold anyone up as a “celebrity”, simply because of the line of work that they chose. Why is it any more exciting to see an athlete in the airport than it is to see an architect? When you realize that the only difference is what they choose to do to make money, it really is quite juvenile and idiotic. If we weren’t a bunch of star-crazy children, there wouldn’t be a paparazzi. You can be interested in what someone does, and even in the person themselves, without acting like they are above what they really are…
just another person.
Blame paparazzi for arousing him.Paparazzi should be charged with harassment.