University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 26, 1992
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Judge will hand Tyson his fate today
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — The elderly woman who raised Mike Tyson after he left reform school is scheduled to testify on the boxer's behalf before a judge sentences him on rape charges today.
Camille Ewald, 81, of Athens, N.Y., is one of nine people the defense may call on to ask Superior Court Judge Patricia Gifford to show lenency in tyson Tyson.
The former world heavyweight boxing champion faces up to 60 years in prison for his conviction Feb. 10 on one count of rape and two counts of criminal deviate conduct. Desiree Washington, 19, of Coventry, R.I. testified that Tyson attacked her in his hotel room July 19 when she was in town to compete in a Miss Black America pageant.
Ewald accompanied Tyson to courtteach of his trial and sat behind his defense team, sometimes whispering to Tyson and holding his hand.
She was the companion of the late boxing trainer Cus D'Amato when D'Amato rescued Tyson from reform school as a teen-ager and set him on the road toward the heavyweight boxing championship. The two took Tyson in and Ewald raised him as her son while D'Amatto trained him. Tyson still calls Ewald mother.
The hearing process is expected to take
"It's a very informal proceeding," said Rob Smith, a representative for the Marion County prosecutor's office.
about three hours, after which the judge will sentence Tyson and hear arguments regarding whether he should be released on bond pending the outcome of an appeal.
Under Indiana law, Gifford could sentence Tyson to as many as 10 years in prison for each felony count and add an additional 10 years for each count.
But the judge could suspend all or part of the sentence because Tyson has no other felony convictions as an adult.
Prosecutor Greg Garrison has said he would recommend a sentence between six and 10 years, as well as the maximum $30,000 fine.
Prosecutors also filed a motion yesterday asking the court to order Tyson to reimburse the state for the $150,000 it spent to prosecute him.
If Gifford orders Tyson to prison immediately, he will be taken to the Marion County Jail for processing and then transferred to the custody of the Department of Correction, Smith said.
Tyson then would be taken to the department's Reception Diagnostic Center in Plainfield, where he would spend 30 to 45 days while officials decide which prison he should go to, said Department of Correction representative Kevin Moore.
Moore led reporters through the Correctional Industrial Complex at Pendleton yesterday. The prison, built in 1988, is a high- to medium-security facility and the newest of the seven prisons Tyson could go to.
"We'd welcome him just like anyone else and be available to help him do his time however he sees fit," said Stan Johnson, a counselor at the CIC.
The other six prisons include two maximum-security facilities, two other high-to-medium-security facilities and two low-to-medium-security facilities. Because Tyson was convicted of rape, he cannot be sent to a minimum-security prison.
Moore said Tyson was probably Indiana's biggest crime-related celebrity since John Dillinger.
Despite that, Moore said officials did not expect to treat Tyson any differently than other prisoners. But he said that if Tyson or staff members feared for his safety, Tyson can be separated from the general prison population.
Moor said prisoners housed in each of the facilities Tyson likely would be assigned to had been convicted of arson, robbery, burglary, rape, manslaughter, drug offenses and possibly murder.
"We deal with aggressive, violent, predatory type offenders every day," he said.
Olajuwon files grievance after Rockets suspend him
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — Hakeem Olajuwon and his agent filed a grievance yesterday against the Houston Rockets for suspending the sixtime All-Star for refusing to play after being given medical clearance.
Charles Grantham, executive director of the NBA Players Association, said that he had received the grievance from Olajuwon's agent, Leonard Armato.
"We've filed the grievance, and the question now is which subset of grievance procedures that we want to follow," Grantham said. "That will be our next order of business."
The Rockets suspended Olajuwon on Monday for refusing to suit up after doctors gave him clearance to play. Olajuwon said he could not play; the Rockets said Olajuwon was faking an injury as leverage in a bid for a new contract.
Olajuwon said he was telling the truth about the expanding battle.
"I have proof on them about the contract," Oaljuwon told KRIV-TV in Houston. "I'm going to bring up evidence, clear evidence,
to show who is telling the truth about the contract.
"I have never talked to them about renegotiation. We discussed two years ago with them about an extension. They have demonstrated in good faith to me that they will extend. So it is a mutual agreement. It was never a demand."
Rockets general manager Steve Patterson has a letter from Armato dated two years ago stating Olajuwon's contract requests. Olajuwon said the letter was sent at the Rockets' request, not because of his demands.
"That's why the letter they show says 'by your request'," Olajuwon said. "They believe they have the truth; I believe we have the truth and we'll go and find out."
Patterson insisted the Rockets were being truthful about the controversy.
"If he questions how I have represented the conversations we've had, I would be happy to take a polygraph on those issues, provided that he would," Patterson said of Olaiuw.
Olajuwon said his injury could take up to three weeks to heal.
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