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Mike Tyson didn’t pull any punches about his tumultuous life at the Sundance premiere of the documentary “Tyson.”

“I never used to understand why people perceived me as such a monster, and then I saw the movie and it all made sense,” the heavyweight said at Bon Appetit’s Supper Club bash post-screening.

But Tyson hasn’t completely changed his ways. For one thing, he’s still a control freak. “Mike told staffers he wasn’t going to come into the dining room until everyone was seated and ready for him,” said one insider.

Due to more pressing events (like the inauguration, perhaps?), we had to leave the slopes in Park City, Utah, but Gatecrasher pal Neil Janowitz stuck around for the event. The ESPN the Magazine editor told us Tyson’s speech had a one-two punch.

“Mike talked about how surreal the whole experience was and how the movie captured the ups and downs of his life,” Janowitz recalled. “When he hit rock bottom and things were awful, he never wanted to go through that again. But now, with the film coming out and being in Sundance, Mike says he’s the toast of the town again.”

Tyson went on to say that “people are offering me a lot of p—y and a lot of money again.”

When everyone in the room laughed uncomfortably, Tyson corrected the chucklers.

“It’s not funny,” Tyson chided. “This stuff is detrimental. I had a hard time controlling it in the past.”

The film, which sold at Sundance to Sony Pictures Classics, chronicles the boxer’s rise and fall. It begins with a young Tyson getting beaten up in the rough area of Bedford-Stuyvesant, where he grew up. There, Tyson got his first KO during a scuffle over … pigeons.

“Mike collected and raised them on his roof in Brooklyn,” Janowitz explained. “He had his first fight after an older kid killed one of his birds and threw it to the ground. After Mike punched his lights out, he saw that more people respected him, and he felt better.”

While no one brought up Tyson’s winged friends, reporters did ask how he’s been passing the time lately.

Said the former champ: “I’m trying to stay clean, trying to stay sober — and trying to stay out of trouble.”

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Mike Tyson Joins Lindsay Lohan In Rehab

Former boxing champ Mike Tyson has checked into the same exclusive rehab facility where Lindsay Lohan is currently being treated for drug and alcohol addiction.

The 40-year-old reportedly checked himself into the Wonderland Center this past weekend in the Hollywood Hills.

Tyson was arrested last year in Arizona on suspicion of drink driving and felony drug possession after he nearly crashed into a police vehicle shortly after leaving a nightclub.

He admitted to an officer at the time of his arrest that he was a drug addict and had a problem.

According to sources, Tyson has already started attending outpatient “meetings” around Los Angeles, which is allowed during his treatment at the facility.

Last April, the former heavyweight champ checked into the posh Meadows rehab clinic in Arizona, but lasted just five days at the strict treatment center.

(via StarPulse News)

TMZ has obtained court documents in the Mike Tyson DUI bust that went down early this morning in Scottsdale, AZ. In a statement from the arresting officer, attached to the file, the cop says that after stopping Tyson, the former fighter “stated he is an addict and has a problem.”

According to the cop, tests revealed that Tyson was “under the influence of a depressant, stimulant and cannabis.”

The report goes on — “Mike admitted to possessing bags of cocaine and said he uses anytime he can get his hands on it.”

The document says Tyson had “two bags of a white powder substance … in his back left pocket. In addition a bag was located on the driver seat in a Marlboro cigarettes pack.”

The cop writes, “I observed a white powder substance on the center console of the vehicle, Mike was wiping the dash off as I approached.”

Tyson was informed in court today that he will be charged with felony drug possession.

Tyson appeared before a judge just a few minutes ago in connection with his DUI arrest early this morning. Tyson was advised he will be charged with one count of narcotic drug possession, a felony.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that after he was stopped, the former fighter admitted to cops that he had been using illegal drugs over the last few days. Cops claim they found cocaine in his car and on his person.

Tyson was released today without bail. He must check in with a pre-trial service officer today. Under the terms of the release, he will be forced to take drug and alcohol tests.

Tyson was ordered not to possess any weapons or drink alcohol. He cannot take drugs without a prescription. The judge also ordered Tyson not to leave Arizona.

Cops say they stopped Iron Mike after he ran a stop sign and almost crashed into a sheriff’s vehicle around 1:45 AM. The arresting officer was part of a special holiday DUI task force.

Police say Tyson was cooperative and acted like a gentleman at the time of the arrest.

This isn’t Tyson’s first brush in the law in Arizona. In 2004, the embattled boxer was arrested and charged with suspicion of criminal damage after cops say he left a nightclub and jumped on the hood of a stranger’s car, causing about $1400 in damage.

(story via TMZ)