Mike Tyson has revealed he was sexually abused by a stranger when he was a child growing up in Brooklyn.
The 48-year-old said during a radio interview on Wednesday that the molestation took place when he was seven.
'He snatched me off the street,' the boxing legend said during a visit to SiriusXM's Opie Radio show. 'I was a little kid...[he was an] old man.'
'[He] bullied me, sexually abused me and stuff,' said Tyson. 'Never seen him again.'
The father-of-eight said he managed to escape, and claimed it was a one-time incident.
Tyson said he never told anyone, including the police, about the abuse.
'I just went on with my life,' he said.
When asked by the interviewer whether the event changed him, Tyson answered: 'I don't know if it did or not.'
He added: 'I don't always remember, but maybe I do but I don't. I'm not ashamed or embarrassed by it.'
Hmmm....explains a lot!
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