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- In 2022, footage went viral of Mike Tyson repeatedly punching a fellow passenger on a JetBlue flight.
- Two years later, the passenger, Melvin Townsend, is suing Tyson for damages
- Tyson's representatives told Business Insider he will "be 100% refuting these ridiculous claims."
A man who was punched repeatedly by Mike Tyson in first-class on a flight in 2022 has filed a lawsuit against the former boxing champion and airline JetBlue.
The incident occurred on a late-night flight from San Francisco to Florida on April 20, 2022 and went viral after video footage filmed by another passenger was shared by TMZ.