Posted by INF, Thursday 11/12/2009, 10:52 am  

MIKE TYSON’S VICTIM: EXCLUSIVE PICTURES

Here are the first pictures of the videographer at the centre of the Mike Tyson bust-up at LAX airport yesterday.

Freelance journalist Tony Echevarria spoke exclusively to INF about his horrific beat-down at the hands of the former world champ.

And he says he did nothing wrong to warrant such ”unprovoked violence.”

”Mike Tyson went crazy on me for no reason,” says Tony.

”I was respectful to him but he was totally out of control.”

Police are now investigating the incident which left both men being charged with misdemeanour battery.

We’ll keep you updated with the latest news when we get it.

See more pictures in the gallery below…

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  • big red

    Good for Mike…?
    Maybe this will show everyone that people should have privacy. Mike Tyson has made a lot of bad choices in his life. Losing a child has been devastating for him, did the photographer not watch OPRAH. You want a couple of shots fine, but following him around like an animal and your going to get bit…all pun intended….

  • Jim (remember him?)

    I agree with Big Red, I personally think paparazzi deserve whatever they get when they make a living stalking celebrities.

    However, we know that after Gun Worship, Celebrity Worship is America’s Number 2 religion (sorry God, you’re Number 3).

    So maybe the battered videographer can claim that Tyson was preventing him from exercising religious freedom.

  • Anonymous

    This guy overdid it. Only surgery or severe skull fractures could justify that full cranial bandage job, and his face, which is the obvious target, is unmarked. He just wants some money.

    Dead giveaway.

  • Anonymous

    Who wants to win the Oscar for costume design? I’m only sorry Mike didn’t really beat the crap outta this jerk. GO MIKE.

  • Anonymous

    Way to go Mike, hope you get what you ask for in court!!! This guy is alot like many people in this world, his feellings got hurt and now he’s embarased so he wants to get even by wasting OUR money and time in court…Get a life Tony and a real job!!!!

  • Andra Viak

    OMG so sorry to hear about tony!! i worked with him at cheteau marmont in 2008 after vmas and also a day before Khloe kardashian wedding along side Eric another INF pap and he is totally kind and respectful this is so crazy i can expect other paps getting beat down but NOT TONY!! he was NEVER disrespectful he would get his shot and get out!!

  • Anonymous

    don’t they roll up your shirt sleeves when doing this thing?

  • Anonymous

    I agree with the person about the bandage job. That is ridiculous how they bandaged him. I hope that Tyson gets off for this. Its terrible how people will stoop so low to harass someone who everyone knows has had such a bad life. I think paparazzi should be subject to different laws than the average person since they, in many times, are provoking the subject.

  • Anonymous

    justice was done…idoit in bandages needs to move on!

  • Anonymous

    I call BULLSHIT!!!

  • Steve Turner

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH eat shit buddy, i wish mike did more than that. ur the scum of this earth

  • http://deepfreezevideo.com Jeffery Haas

    I’ve known Tony Vera for at least twenty years.
    Unless he underwent some sort of Jekyll and Hyde personality transformation I think it’s impossible to lump in a box with other celeb photographers. That’s because the Tony Vera that I knew was Tony the Fireman, the good natured, kind and generous street performer who has been delighting crowds in NYC, Venice Beach, Japan and the WORLD, for about THIRTY years.
    He was such a friend and goodwill promoter that the NYFD gave him a uniform and a firefighter’s hat and made him their unofficial ambassador.
    So say what you like about paparazzi in general but unless you know Tony Vera personally, you simply don’t know what you’re talking about. Tyson is a tragic figure to be sure but Tony isn’t the monster folks are making him out to be.

  • Anonymous

    The “rogue Paps’ (Paps that don’t give a damn about other Paps, the celebrities, or the general public.) These Paps come outa the middle east,Iran and other foreign countries are the ones you’re speaking about. Don’t confuse the local paparazzis with that mentality.Tony Echevarria 30 plus years in the Entertainment business, a celebrity within his own rite. The point being if you’re a world wide boxing champion, you don’t use the public as your private boxing ring.Tony sustained serious head injuries as a result of that vicious beating. Ck. out TMZ Tyson Airline attack, Pt. 2 You can see the pictures (scarey)for yourself. The idea that Tony received a small cut as a result of that vicious beating is ludicrous. Where did all that blood come from?? Just because you’re a fan of a promiment person don’t be too quick to condone that type of crude behavior it’s a small world you could be the next victim. B.E.

  • Anonymous

    Tony next time someone asked politely not to be filmed maybe you will listen. Sorry you had to learn the hard way.
    Now maybe you can get paid for being Mike’s punching bag.

  • Anonymous

    didn’t mike’s daughter die recently
    the pap should have known better

  • Melissa

    Look. tony is an amazing person. I don’t give a F*** who you think you are he has the heart of an angel. You don’t know what it feels like to get punched by mike tyson! He could kill someone! No one deserves that. I may be a hypocryte in the fighting but I’m not a child anymore and I’ve learned the difference from self defense and just being a damn asshole. It is what it is… tony is not a bad person.. What happened happened. I know who tony is.. you dont. grr. He is MY angel. FUCK mike tyson

  • B.E.

    “At last the clouds part to reveal the true sky”,A chinese quotation.Endless vicious lies were reported and the press ran with it.The truths will soon be revealed and the lies will sink like the Titantic. All the blood thirsty people out there should go to a boxing ring where violence is accepted. A Monster is a Monster,is a Monster by any other name. Monsters don’t care about an innocent victim or who the victim happens to be. B.E.

  • B.E.

    To say All Paps are bad is discrimination, It’s like saying All those Black people are bad.You judge on an individual basis. That’s if you want to play it fair and square.B.E.