Desiree Washington (born 1973), a native of Coventry, Rhode Island, was an eighteen-year-old Miss Black America beauty pageant contestant representing her home state of Rhode Island when she accused boxer Mike Tyson of raping her in an Indianapolis hotel room on July 19, 1991.

Tyson was ultimately convicted of the crime and served 3 years of a 6-year sentence. Tyson maintains his innocence.

External links

• BBC article on Tyson
• another BBC article on Tyson

1973 births | Living people | African Americans | People from Rhode Island