Mike Tyson detained at LAX after altercation with photographer

Former boxer Mike Tyson was detained at Los Angeles International Airport this afternoon after getting into an altercation. The incident occurred at Terminal 7.

A law enforcement source told The Times that both Tyson and an unidentified photographer traded accusations about the altercation. Los Angeles airport police are now interviewing both Tyson and the photographer.

[Updated at 6:20 p.m. The source said that Tyson has told investigators the photographer struck him in an apparent attempt to provoke him. The photographer told investigators that Tyson punched him in the face and tried to take the film from his camera, said the source, who spoke on that he not be named because it was an open investigation.

Both men wanted to press battery charges against each other, so police placed both under arrest, the source said

The photographer was taken a nearby hospital with injuries to face.]
It's the latest of several clashes between celebrities and paparazzi at LAX.
On Sept. 12, 2008, rapper Kanye West was arrested on suspicion of vandalism and his road manager, Don Crowley, was arrested on suspicion of vandalism and battery at LAX after they reportedly confronted a photographer and smashed his camera.
An L.A. court commissioner dismissed all charges against both men last month.
-- Andrew Blankstein
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