Tyson Won’t Be Charged in Chicago, but He Will Be Sued

Chicago police said Friday there is no evidence to support a 25-year-old beautician’s claim that heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson fondled her and took other liberties in a nightclub.

Police spokesman Paul Jenkins told a news conference that no charges would be filed against Tyson in the alleged April 7 incident at a nightclub on Chicago’s South Side.

“We did an exhaustive investigation here,” Jenkins said. “We knew there was a finite number of people to interview and we think we got to every one of them.”

Police also subpoenaed records from a hospital where the woman was examined and got a written statement from Tyson before concluding there was no evidence to support her claim, Jenkins said.

Jerry Lee Peteet, the lawyer for the woman, said he plans to sue Tyson in civil court nevertheless.

“We believe her story to be credible,” Peteet said. “She passed a lie detector test.”

Tyson, the World Boxing Council champion, was convicted in 1992 of raping Desiree Washington, a beauty pageant contestant, in Indianapolis. He was released from prison in March 1995, but must serve four years probation.