Tyson’s Reputation Again Under Attack Indiana Woman Files Complaint That Boxer Assaulted Her At Club

Mike Tyson was accused by a 25-year-old Indiana woman of sexual battery in a nightclub on Chicago’s South Side over the weekend.

The allegation Tuesday comes just more than a year after Tyson was freed from prison on a rape conviction. The WBC champion, who is on probation, had not been charged as of Tuesday night.

Chicago Police Detective Steve Glynn confirmed a police report was filed against Tyson and the matter is under investigation.

The woman, a beautician from Gary, Ind., said she was attacked Sunday night. She was treated at an unidentified Chicago-area hospital and called police after she was released early Monday, said her lawyer, Jerry Lee Peteet of Gary.

A security guard who answered the phone at Tyson’s home in Southington, Ohio, said there would be no comment from the boxer.

Radio station WBBM-AM reported that Moody Andrews, a manager at The Clique, said Tyson did not batter the woman.

“She was never alone with Mike,” Andrews said. “She was in an open space with Mike. Mike had two security guards that he didn’t hire - that we hired - to protect and watch over him.”

Muhammad Siddeeq, a spiritual adviser to Tyson while the boxer was in prison, said he had heard nothing about the allegation.

“I know one thing: Every time Mike turns or moves there’s people out there who want to do their thing,” Siddeeq said by telephone from his Indianapolis home.

Siddeeq said he speaks with Tyson regularly and attended a Muslim prayer service with him in Chicago on Sunday.

“I give no credence to this report,” Siddeeq said. “I’ll have to talk with him (Tyson).”

Peteet said the woman, whom he would not identify, had gone to the bar, The Clique, with friends and had never met Tyson before.

Peteet said his client accused Tyson of “sexual battery.” Chicago police spokesman Paul Jenkins said there is no “sexual battery” charge in Illinois. Peteet said he was referring to the accusation by its Indiana term and said he believed the comparable Illinois offense would be sexual assault.

Peteet said his client called police to complain about Tyson on Monday and then followed up by filing a complaint in the Wentworth police station on Tuesday.

Tyson’s next bout is likely to be against WBA champion Bruce Seldon on July 13 in Las Vegas.