Mike Tyson went to jail because he was convicted of raping an 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant named Desiree Washington in 1991. The incident happened in his hotel room in Indianapolis, Indiana. Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison in 1992 for the rape conviction and served around three years before being granted parole. The trial was highly publicized, with testimony from Washington and other witnesses, and Tyson maintained that the encounter was consensual while Washington testified it was a brutal sexual assault. Tyson's conviction led to significant consequences for his boxing career and personal life.
