Gagal Tampil, Pengadilan Perintahkan Bayar Ganti Rugi
No-Show, Polish Court Orders Tyson to Pay Up
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Warsawa (B2B) - Pengadilan Warsawa memerintahkan mantan juara dunia tinju kelas berat Mike Tyson untuk membayar uang sebesar US$68.000 karena tidak tampil pada acara promosi di Polandia pada tahun lalu, dilaporkan kantor berita Polandia PAP, Rabu.
PAP mengutip pernyataan promotor tinju Polandia Tomasz Babilonski yang mengatakan ia telah memenangi gugatan terhadap bintang kontroversial itu.
"Menurut keputusan terakhir, Mike Tyson dan manajernya harus membayar kepada saya sebesar 48.000 dolar," kata Babilonski seperti dikutip Yahoo! News.
Ia mengatakan mereka juga dikenai biaya pengadilan yang berjumlah setara dengan US$20.000 dan diberi waktu selama 14 hari untuk melakukan pembayaran secara penuh.
Babilonski menggugat Tyson dan manajernya Carl Holness, setelah petinju itu menarik diri dari acara pesta besar pada September 2011 di Warsawa.
Meski Tyson sudah pensiun dari tinju profesional, ia masih tampil di berbagai acara pribadi di seluruh dunia, yang membantu untuk menarik para penggemar olahraga tinju.
"Pada sat terakhir, Tyson tidak datang," kata Babilonski, sambil menegaskan bahwa dirinya telah membayar uang tiket pesawat sebesar US$10.000 dolar untuk mantan petinju dan rombongannya itu.
Ia mengklaim bahwa agen Tyson serta istrinya, yang mengurusi urusan-urusan bisnis, awalnya berkata bahwa mereka akan menanggung kerugian yang diderita Babilonski, sebelum kemudian mengajukan tanggal pembayaran baru dan akhirnya bungkam perihal pembayaran tersebut.
Ia menuding dirinya diminta meninggalkan ruangan setelah berusaha untuk berbicara dengan Tyson, yang sedang berada di Warsawa pada tahun ini untuk mempromosikan minuman energi.
"Saya ingin cerita tidak menyenangkan ini berakhir dengan damai. Sekarang saya akhirnya akan mendapatkan kembali uang yang saya investasikan," ucapnya.
Tyson, kini 46, menjadi juara kelas berat termuda saat dirinya baru berusia 20 tahun.
Di luar ring tinju, ia memiliki reputasi yang kontroversial. Pada 1992, ia dihukum penjara selama enam tahun karena memperkosa perempuan berusia 18 tahun.
Warsaw (B2B) - A Warsaw court has ordered former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson to pay $68,000 after failing to show up at a promotional event in Poland last year, the Polish news agency PAP reported Wednesday.
PAP quoted Polish boxing promoter Tomasz Babilonski as saying he had won his lawsuit against the controversial star.
"According to the final ruling, Mike Tyson and his manager must pay me $48,000," Babilonski said.
He said they had also been hit with court costs equivalent to $20,000, and had been given 14 days to pay the full sum.
Babilonski had sued Tyson and his manager Carl Holness after the boxer pulled out of a September 2011 gala in Warsaw.
While Tyson has retired from the ring, he still puts in personal appearances at events around the world, helping to draw fans to fights.
"At the last moment, Tyson didn't show up," Babilonski said, noting that he had paid out $10,000 for plane tickets for the ex-boxer and his entourage.
He claimed that Tyson's agent and wife, who handle his business affairs, initially had said they would cover the loss, before proposing a new date and finally falling silent.
He alleged that he was asked to leave the room after trying to speak to Tyson when the latter was in Warsaw this year to promote an energy drink.
"I wanted this unpleasant saga to end amicably. Now I'm finally going to get back the money I invested," he said.
Tyson, now 46, became the world's youngest heavyweight champion at the age of 20.
Out of the ring, his reputation is controversial.
In 1992 he was sentenced to six years in prison for raping an 18-year-old woman.
