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Interesting pictures of Mike Tyson's former mansion, located an hour east of Cleveland.
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First, a little bit of history…
Mike Tyson originally bought the mansion in 1989, at a sheriff’s sale for $300,000. This would put him close to boxing promoter Don King’s camp in Orwell. This was also where Tyson returned home after his 6 year prison sentence ended for his rape conviction.
Tyson, would later move to Las Vegas. The next owner, Paul Monea, who is known for being the man behind the Billy Blanks TaeBo workout tapes, purchased the home in 1999 for 1.3 million. Monea would never live on the property, and pretty much left it as it was.
Now this is where things get interesting.
Fast forward to 2006/2007, Monea had a 43.51 carat diamond nicknamed “The Golden Eye”, which even had it’s own website. He had a plan to sell both the diamond and the mansion.
Monea eventually found a “buyer” for $19.5 million, but unfortunately was an undercover FBI Agent who was going to bait Paul with “drug” money. Monea allegedly said that he did not care where the money came from. So Monea was arrested and convicted of three counts of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. He lost both the diamond and the mansion to authorities and was sentenced to 150 months in prison. The mansion quickly turned into a prime target for urban explorers, photographers, or anyone else who wanted to get in.
In January 2010, the mansion was purchased by Ron Hemelgarn for $600,000.
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First, a little bit of history…
Mike Tyson originally bought the mansion in 1989, at a sheriff’s sale for $300,000. This would put him close to boxing promoter Don King’s camp in Orwell. This was also where Tyson returned home after his 6 year prison sentence ended for his rape conviction.
Tyson, would later move to Las Vegas. The next owner, Paul Monea, who is known for being the man behind the Billy Blanks TaeBo workout tapes, purchased the home in 1999 for 1.3 million. Monea would never live on the property, and pretty much left it as it was.
Now this is where things get interesting.
Fast forward to 2006/2007, Monea had a 43.51 carat diamond nicknamed “The Golden Eye”, which even had it’s own website. He had a plan to sell both the diamond and the mansion.
Monea eventually found a “buyer” for $19.5 million, but unfortunately was an undercover FBI Agent who was going to bait Paul with “drug” money. Monea allegedly said that he did not care where the money came from. So Monea was arrested and convicted of three counts of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. He lost both the diamond and the mansion to authorities and was sentenced to 150 months in prison. The mansion quickly turned into a prime target for urban explorers, photographers, or anyone else who wanted to get in.
In January 2010, the mansion was purchased by Ron Hemelgarn for $600,000.
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