T_Totler
10-30-2006, 08:02 PM
Like a lot of boxers, it looks like he led a messed up life after his "fame"....
Berbick's legal problems began as his boxing career began to wane.
In 1991, he was convicted of misdemeanour assault for attacking his former business manager, who testified the boxer put a gun to her head and accused her of stealing US$40,000 from him.
The following year, he was convicted of raping a 16-year-old Florida babysitter and was sentenced to four years in prison. He was also convicted of second-degree grand theft for forging his ex-wife's signature to get a $95,000 mortgage on his Miramar, Fla., home.
He served 15 months on those convictions and on his release from prison was ordered deported to his native Jamaica.
Full story here (http://www.tsn.ca/ctvnews/sportsstory.asp?story_id=182185)
Berbick's legal problems began as his boxing career began to wane.
In 1991, he was convicted of misdemeanour assault for attacking his former business manager, who testified the boxer put a gun to her head and accused her of stealing US$40,000 from him.
The following year, he was convicted of raping a 16-year-old Florida babysitter and was sentenced to four years in prison. He was also convicted of second-degree grand theft for forging his ex-wife's signature to get a $95,000 mortgage on his Miramar, Fla., home.
He served 15 months on those convictions and on his release from prison was ordered deported to his native Jamaica.
Full story here (http://www.tsn.ca/ctvnews/sportsstory.asp?story_id=182185)