The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said it has closed the case.
SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Police previously said that the victim had provided few details about the altercation and refused to cooperate with the investigation. Attorneys for Tyson praised the district attorney’s decision in a statement on Tuesday, thanking law enforcement for “careful, diligent and professional work.” that she had seen the man who Tyson punched at an airport bar earlier appearing loud and quarrelsome.
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