NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A government witness has claimed that Mike Tyson put up $50,000 for a proposed "hit'' on gang members suspected of killing his bodyguard in 2000.
The allegation was made Thursday by Dwayne Meyers, a former member of the Brooklyn-based Cash Money Brothers gang. He was testifying at the trial of Abubakr Raheem, who's accused of driving a getaway car after turf-war killings.
Meyers claimed the former heavyweight champ put up the money to retaliate for the June 2000 slaying of his close friend and former bodyguard, Darryl "Homicide'' Baum. The alleged contract was never carried out.
The alleged contract killing was described during the trial of Abubakr Raheem, 48, a reputed associate of Hardy.
Two weeks after Baum's death, Tyson dedicated his defeat of Lou Savarese to his bodyguard.
Baum was suspected of shooting rapper 50 Cent nine times a month before his death.
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