Desiree Washington is a Miss Black Rhode Island beauty pageant winner and model from Rhode Island, United States. She rose to the spotlight after being the rape victim of Mike Tyson, a well-known. Tyson is widely regarded as one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. He was, in reality, the most dangerous boxer of his generation. Tyson was also known as "The World's Baddest Man."
Desiree and her three siblings grew up in Rhode Island. Her parents were Donald and Mary Washington. She graduated with honors from Coventry High School. She was a friendly, outgoing individual who had a passion for modeling since she was a child. She continued her education at Providence College, majoring in psychology. She had the option of becoming an attorney or a politician in the future.
The tragedy had a significant impact on Washinton's personal life, as her parents eventually divorced. Since the incident was brought up to condemn the family members, her siblings had difficulty at school. As a result, Desiree Washington has remained out of the spotlight since the tragedy, keeping the majority of her personal life private.
The rape trial of Desiree Washington was held in Marion County Superior Court from January 26 to February 10, 1992.
Virginia Foster, Tyson's driver, testified in support of Washington's claim, confirming Desiree Washington's state of shock following the assault. Thomas Richardson, an emergency room physician who evaluated Washington more than 24 hours after the assault and concluded that her physical condition in her genitals was consistent with rape, provided additional testimony.
Under direct examination by lead defense lawyer Vincent J. Fuller, Tyson stated that everything had happened with Washington's full consent and that she wanted to have sex with him. Many viewed Desiree Washington as a stereotyped female liar who lusted after Mike Tyson's money—in other words, a gold digger—during the rape trial of Mike Tyson.
Mike Tyson called Desiree Washington at her hotel room in July 1991 to arrange a meeting.
Tyson dispatched his limousine to her hotel at 2:00 a.m. Tyson informed Washington that he had forgotten something at his hotel and requested that she accompany him to his room while collecting it. According to the part-time limousine driver, a public school guidance counselor who specialized in crisis intervention and who drove Tyson and Washington to Mike Tyson's hotel, Washington rushed out of the hotel about an hour after they left the vehicle.
Virginia Foster, the driver, stated: "She appeared to be in a state of shock, as she was agitated. She appeared dizzy and confused." When Washington returned to her hotel room, she told her roommate that Tyson had raped her.
Tyson's defense attorney represented Washington as a clever woman who saw suing Tyson as an economic opportunity. As a result, Tyson's followers branded Washington as a vengeful, jealous woman.
After a jury deliberated, Tyson was convicted and sentenced on the rape charge on February 10, 1992. Mike Tyson was sentenced to six years in jail on March 26, 1992.
He was sentenced to the Indiana Youth Center (now the Plainfield Correctional Facility) in April 1992, despite being 25 years old at the murder, and he was freed in March 1995 after serving less than three years.
Due to his conviction with Desiree Washington, Mike Tyson is obliged by federal law to register as a Tier II sex offender.
Former model Desiree Washington appears to be enjoying a low-key existence and has never returned to the limelight. Although nothing is known about Desiree's life today, she was heavily criticized by the media and the general public in the early 1990s.
