LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former boxing champion Mike Tyson, who served three years in prison on a rape conviction, says he empathizes with basketball star Kobe Bryant (news) and the sexual assault charges faced by the Los Angeles Lakers guard. "I've been in an ordeal like him, and I know how easy it is for a young man to be a big shot, a big star in America's eyes and then get in another arena and he's nobody. That means the judicial arena," Tyson, 37, said in an interview airing Monday on the syndicated TV show "Access Hollywood." The one-time heavyweight champion, convicted of rape in 1992 and suspended from professional boxing for biting the ears of Evander Holyfield during a 1997 bout, said he wished Bryant "the best" and urged the NBA star to stay close to his family. "When it comes to the nitty-gritty, if he ever gets some (jail) time, which I hope he doesn't, and which I don't think he is going to, he's gotta keep in consideration who's gonna come see him, who's gonna be in touch, who's gonna be his contact if anything happens," Tyson said. "It can happen to anybody." Full Article: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...bryant_tyson_dc
That is one of the few good words of wisdom that Tyson has handed out in the recent years. Kobe should listen to Tyson in this case. If he does go to jail, all he has left is his family. Its good for Kobe because Tyson is one person he can relate too on this. He was a stud before he went through what Kobe is going through now.
Kobe should listen to Tyson. He's been thru the same **** as him before. Like Tyson said, "stay close to the family."
