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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Mike Tyson has married for a third time, two weeks after his 4-year-old daughter died in a tragic treadmill accident. The owner of the La Bella Wedding Chapel at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the former heavyweight champion and his bride, Lakiha Spicer, exchanged vows Saturday in a short, private ceremony.
Chapel owner Shawn Absher says the couple wed about 10 p.m. after arriving at the hotel from the Clark County marriage bureau in a chapel-owned limousine.
County marriage records in Las Vegas show the 42-year-old Tyson and 32-year-old Spicer got a marriage license about 30 minutes before their ceremony.
Tyson’s daughter Exodus died in May. The girl suffocated after she either slipped or put her head in the loop of a cord hanging under a treadmill’s console in her Phoenix home. Tyson’s agent, Harlan Werner, told the AP that Spicer is not Exodus’ mother.
Tyson and Spicer, a resident of suburban Henderson, asked for a simple ceremony with nothing special, Absher said.
“They just wanted to say the vows and be married,” he said. “It was very sincere.”
Tyson was previously married to actress Robin Givens in 1988 and Monica Turner in 1997.
His first marriage ended after one year after Givens filed for divorce and said in a nationally televised interview that she was afraid of Tyson. His marriage to Turner lasted five years.
Tyson and Spicer seemed very in love, Absher said.
“They were very heartwarming, and I think they really do love each other. “He seemed happy – and his life’s been up and down.”
Tyson last boxed competitively in 2005.
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Tida4r you are very kind, but I see things from another perspective. I lost my 3 yr old daughter two years ago. For about a month I couldn’t get out of bed from the depression and my husband wasn’t doing much better.
As a grieving parent he went to Vegas got married and maybe the mother of the little girl was a guest at his wedding. Pretty absurd right, I’m sure that poor woman is losing her mind contemplating suicide and the father is out celebrating with his new wife. He disrespected his daughter with his actions.
This is outragous and unbelievable. One would think that the only vision a real parent would have two weeks after the death of their four year old child is the vision of that beautiful child laying in a coffin and knowing that you will never put your hands on her again. And the article (even though it would’nt matter) said thay got married in a chapel, which means that this was’nt a carefully planned wedding that took weeks or months of preparation. And a real parent would’nt be able to pull of a planned wedding with such a vision still strong on your mind. So, is he a man or a beast? I would’nt marry a man who bit off anothers man’s ear anyway!!!
Everyone handles grief differently and there is absolutely NO way that you can know what you would do in this situation. Since none of us can have any idea of what Tyson and his family are going through… leave the guy alone, he just lost his daughter! Maybe this is how he grieves. After all, would any of us non-celebrities like to receive a report card on how “appropriately” we grieve after the loss of a loved one??? I doubt it so get over yourselves.
Well, Well, Well, how quick u guys r to judge or should I say misjudge. Everyone handles grief in different ways. A lot of people have married someone they loved after the loss of a loved one/someone dear to them out of fear of lossing that person also. They think and realize how precious life is and how not to take it for granted. CONGRATULATIONS MIKE!!!!!!!!!!! I hope this will be the beginning of good things to come for you…. and I am sure your Little ANGEL was a Guest at your wedding happy for Daddy finding someone to love again. REST IN PEACE MIKE TYSON’S Little ANGEL
Tyson is hard to like, but he certainly deserves to marry and be happy. The timing may not be politically correct in this day of putting everyone under a microscope, but I wish him well. I saw him in Hangover and can say, categorically, that he was agreat boxer.
I think all people do things differant and no one should judge him on how he goes about dealing with his pain. If you have not lost a child then you don’t know how it feel because it hurts like hell to lose a child. Also you don’t know if he planned on get married right before this happened. Plus their is only one person that can judge your actions and that is GOD. So unless you are God then keep your mouth closed and say nothing about how he is going about thing.
god bless mike and his family in the months and years ahead. may pray continue to follow this family.. god bless
I lost a hamster once, but that pain didn’t stop me from going out with friends. It’s all about dealing with it, ya know?
God bless!! And I am sure that him getting married doesnt take the pain away!!! Get Married and MAKE MORE BABIES MIKE!!! GOD BLESS!!