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assaulted a woman who refused to take his cocaine and have sex with him in a

nightclub on the Italian island of Panarea.

The former heavyweight star--who served a three-year prison sentence for

rape in the early 1990s--allegedly assaulted Florence Botoli, 33, when she

refused to take the illegal drug he is said to have offered her at the club in

Porto Cervo.

Botoli says, "He took a lot of cocaine and said he wanted to have sex with

me.

"When I said no and didn't take the drugs, he tried to force my head down

into the powder.

"He punched me and threw me to the floor until his bodyguard told him to calm

down."

The 38-year-old sports star--who announced his retirement from boxing

following his defeat to Irish fighter Kevin McBride earlier this year--was questioned for several hours by police aboard his private yacht and an

official file has now been opened on the case.

A police spokesman says, "Colleagues have questioned Mike Tyson in Panarea

about the allegations made against him by a 33-year-old woman.

"At this stage we cannot say anything else because an official file on the

case has been opened by the investigating magistrate.

"She will read the file supplied to her by the police and decide if there is

enough evidence for the case to continue."

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