Mike Tyson marries just two weeks after daughter’s death · 2009-06-10 15:17
Mike Tyson has married for the third time, two weeks after his 4-year-old daughter died in a bizarre treadmill accident.
The former heavyweight champion and his bride, Lakiha Spicer, exchanged vows Saturday night in a short, private ceremony. According to AceShowbiz, no guests attended the affair. Mike requested that all photos taken of the ceremony to be kept private.
Chapel owner Shawn Absher says the couple wed about 10 p.m. after arriving at the hotel from the county marriage bureau in a chapel-owned limousine.
The bride donned a traditional wedding gown in favor of “an appropriate dress,” while the groom wore a suit and tie, Shawn detailed.
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. She is not the mother of Exodus Tyson, who died in May,
Tyson and his bride 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 has been married twice before, first to actress Robin Givens in 1988, then in 1997 to Monica Turner in New York, USA Today reports.
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. Tyson and Turner’s marriage lasted five years.
Tyson and Spicer seemed very in love, Absher said.
Chapel spokesman Shawn Absher confirmed Mike and Lakiha’s wedding did take place and the pair seemed “very happy and very sincere” when a limo picked them up at around 9:15 P.M. The twosome obtained a marriage license and then swapped vows 45 minutes later.
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