Mike Tyson Wife’s Lawsuit Over Threatening Emails

Mike Tyson’s wife Lakiha Spicer has filed a lawsuit against…wait for it…unknown someone or someones identified by an IP address. According to an exclusive report at entertainment site TMZ, Spicer has been receiving some kind of vaguely described extortion threats that include various undescribed “false allegations and accusations.”

TMZ said that they had a copy of the Los Angeles County filing by well-known celebrity attorny Mark Geragos, and maybe they do, but they haven’t published any proof at the time of writing.

So, your guess is as good as mine. The clear implication of the TMZ post is that some idiot who doesn’t care about getting their ear chewed off is trying to blackmail Mike Tyson’s wife. Hence the lawsuit.

And, despite Tyson’s well-known ability to deliver a punch, the family isn’t afraid to go to court. A few weeks ago, they filed another lawsuit against sports financial services advisor Live Nation, which Tyson and Spicer said had cost them millions of dollars in losses.

I didn’t know Tyson had “millions of dollars” left to be financially advised about, but hey. According to the suit, they’re seeking to recover $5 million.

For a guy who claimed to be making the rounds of homeless shelters less than a decade ago, that’s a good-sized chunk of change to have laying around to hand off to a bogus financial advisor.

Tyson was also in the news recently as the victim of a hoax started by chef Roble Ali. The text message exchange was doctored to make it appear as if Tyson and Ali were trash talking each other and that they ended up as friends with a plan to hang out in Vegas. Mike Tyson’s representative came forward to say that Tyson had never heard of the wanna-be chef.

As for Mike Tyson’s wife’s lawsuit? Hoax, hysteria, or the real deal? The jury’s still out.

[photo Mike Tyson and wife Lakiha Spicer by lev radin / Shutterstock.com]