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Desiree Washington (born 1973), a native of Coventry, Rhode Island
Coventry, Rhode Island

Coventry is a New England town in Kent County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 33,668 at the United States Census, 2000....
, was an eighteen-year-old Miss Black America
Miss Black America

The Miss Black America beauty contest is a competition for young African American women in areas such as speech, talent, style, and poise — essentially the black version of the popular Miss America pageant....
 beauty pageant contestant representing her home state of Rhode Island
Rhode Island

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
 when she was rape
Rape

Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent....
d by boxer Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson, also known as Malik Abdul, is a retired United States Boxing. He was the List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight and remains the youngest man ever to win a world heavyweight title at just 20 years old....
 in an Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the Capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. The United States Census estimated the city's population, Indianapolis , Indiana the Unigov, at 795,458 in 2006....
 hotel room on July 19, 1991.

Tyson was convicted of the crime and served three years of a six-year sentence in prison.

After Tyson's conviction, Washington's high school friend Wayne Walker alleged she had falsely accused him of rape in 1989.






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Desiree Washington (born 1973), a native of Coventry, Rhode Island
Coventry, Rhode Island

Coventry is a New England town in Kent County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 33,668 at the United States Census, 2000....
, was an eighteen-year-old Miss Black America
Miss Black America

The Miss Black America beauty contest is a competition for young African American women in areas such as speech, talent, style, and poise — essentially the black version of the popular Miss America pageant....
 beauty pageant contestant representing her home state of Rhode Island
Rhode Island

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
 when she was rape
Rape

Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent....
d by boxer Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson, also known as Malik Abdul, is a retired United States Boxing. He was the List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight and remains the youngest man ever to win a world heavyweight title at just 20 years old....
 in an Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the Capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. The United States Census estimated the city's population, Indianapolis , Indiana the Unigov, at 795,458 in 2006....
 hotel room on July 19, 1991.

Tyson was convicted of the crime and served three years of a six-year sentence in prison.

After Tyson's conviction, Washington's high school friend Wayne Walker alleged she had falsely accused him of rape in 1989. The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that this was not sufficient grounds to allow Tyson's bid for a retrial.