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Tyson marries in Vegas 2 weeks after child's death

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-06-10 11:18

LAS VEGAS - Mike Tyson has married for a third time, two weeks after his 4-year-old daughter died in a tragic treadmill accident.

Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson attends the Winky Wright versus Paul Williams middleweight fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada in this April 11, 2009 file photo. [Agencies]

The owner of the La Bella Wedding Chapel at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the former heavyweight boxing champion and his bride, Lakiha Spicer, exchanged vows late Saturday in a short, private ceremony.

Chapel owner Shawn Absher says the couple wed about 10 p.m. after arriving at the hotel from the Clark County marriage bureau in a chapel-owned limousine.

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.

Tyson's daughter Exodus suffocated after she either slipped or put her head in the loop of a cord hanging under a treadmill's console in her Phoenix home. Tyson's agent, Harlan Werner, told the AP that Spicer is not Exodus' mother.

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Tyson and Spicer, a resident of suburban Henderson, 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 was previously married to actress Robin Givens in 1988 and Monica Turner in 1997.

His first marriage ended after one year after Givens filed for divorce and said in a televised interview that she was afraid of Tyson. His marriage to Turner lasted five years.

Tyson and Spicer seemed very in love, Absher said.

"They were very heartwarming, and I think they really do love each other," Absher said. "He seemed happy - and his life's been up and down."

Tyson last boxed competitively in 2005.