2 Women Sue Tyson

Two women suing Mike Tyson for $22.5 million were traumatized when he verbally and physically abused them at a restaurant after his sexual advance was rejected, their lawyer said Tuesday.

Tyson’s attorney disputed the accusations and said he expected to file a countersuit.

The women claim in their lawsuit that the former heavyweight champ grabbed one of them, cursed at the other one and overturned a table before hot coffee was thrown on him to “impede his attack” at a Washington bistro on March 1.

Tyson, who served three years in prison for rape, became even more enraged when he found out one of the women is a corrections officer, the lawsuit says.

Tyson adviser Jeff Wald called the claims “absurd.”

“We think it was a total setup for money,” said Wald, who had not seen a copy of the suit. “This guy’s like a target for every greedy person out there.”

Tyson’s lawyer, John Branca, told Baltimore’s WMAR-TV that the boxer is innocent and witnesses can back him up.