{"id":31446,"date":"2023-11-30T19:56:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/?p=31446"},"modified":"2023-11-30T19:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:56:47","slug":"mike-tyson-plane-punch-victim-demands-450k-boxers-lawyer-calls-it-a-shakedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/celebrity\/mike-tyson-plane-punch-victim-demands-450k-boxers-lawyer-calls-it-a-shakedown\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson Plane Punch Victim Demands $450K, Boxer's Lawyer Calls It 'A Shakedown'"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The man who Mike Tyson<\/strong> <\/strong>pummeled during a wild fight on a plane last year is now demanding the boxer pay him nearly half a million dollars to avoid a future lawsuit over the altercation.<\/p>\n

But, the boxing legend’s attorney, Alex Spiro<\/strong>, is adamant the whole thing is “a shakedown” attempt … and insists absolutely no payment will be forthcoming.<\/p>\n

A lawyer for Melvin Townsend <\/strong>— the punch victim — made the demands clear in a pre-litigation letter sent to Spiro earlier this week, according to the New York Post<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In the document, the lawyer — Jake Jondle<\/strong> — said Tyson could have used other remedies to diffuse the situation on the April 2022 JetBlue flight … but instead “he chose physical violence” and “viciously assaulted” Townsend.<\/p>\n

Jondle explained as a result of the attack, Townsend sustained a “severe headache” as well as neck pain … and “is still suffering with the effects of the assault to this day.”<\/p>\n

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Jondle wrote in the document that $450,000 from Tyson would help Townsend cover his legal bills … as well as any future treatment Townsend would require.<\/p>\n

According to Spiro, however, no such check will be written.<\/p>\n

“I have received a shakedown letter related to some instigator’s harassment of Mike a year ago and the aftermath,” Spiro said in a statement. “There will be no shakedown payment.”<\/p>\n

Reps for Tyson had previously told TMZ Sports<\/strong> the entire incident happened because Townsend threw a water bottle<\/strong> at the former pugilist and annoyed him repeatedly. Tyson himself later said on his “Hotboxin” podcast that Townsend “was f***ing with me” prior to the incident.<\/p>\n

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For Townsend’s part, Jondle said in his letter this week his client was simply “excited to see [Tyson] on the flight, began discussing the marijuana industry and psychedelic mushrooms with him, and Mr. Tyson became annoyed” and attacked.<\/p>\n

Tyson’s been in the clear criminally, meanwhile, for over a year … as prosecutors declined to file charges<\/strong> against the ex-fighter in May 2022.<\/p>\n

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The man who Mike Tyson pummeled during a wild fight on a plane last year is now demanding the boxer pay him nearly half a million dollars to avoid a future lawsuit over the altercation. But, the boxing legend’s attorney, Alex Spiro, is adamant the whole thing is “a shakedown” attempt … and insists absolutely no payment will be forthcoming. 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