IRS Places Lien On Tyson Mansion

As if Mike Tyson didn't have enough problems, he now faces a $6.3 million tax lien on his 61-room mansion.

The Internal Revenue Service placed the lien on the Farmington estate last month, a week before Tyson signed a $33 million agreement with Showtime. The contract requires him to pay off the lien.

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Tyson's payments from Showtime may depend on the outcome of a Sept. 19 hearing before boxing regulators in Nevada, where he is trying to get his license back. He lost it last year and was fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ears in a title fight.

Under the Showtime contract, the 32-year-old Tyson must pay off several debts, including taxes on his 1996 income as soon as possible, the Hartford Courant reported Wednesday. Tyson also owes the town of Farmington nearly $25,000 in property taxes.

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This time, Tyson is fighting the IRS. (AP)

Public affairs officer Barbara Shuckra told the newspaper the taxes had not been paid. She did not immediately return a call seeking additional comment. Tyson lawyer John Branca also did not return a call seeking comment.

The mansion has been for sale for more than a year with a $22 million price tag. Tyson's former agent Rory Holloway bought the estate for the former heavyweight champ for $2.7 million in 1996.

The town estimates the house -- which has 24 full bathrooms, an indoor swimming pool, a racquetball court, a basketball court and a shooting range -- is worth only about $4.3 million.

In addition to trying to get his boxing license back, Tyson faces an Oct. 2 hearing in Maryland on charges he attacked two men after a fender-bender involving a car driven by his wife.

The outcome of that case could affect his probation in Indiana, where he spent three years in prison for rape.

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