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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes saturday february 15, 1992 Tyson victim tells people she did the right thing new York apr the Beauty Queen who was raped by Boxer Mike Tyson gave people Magazine permission to run her picture and name the Magazine said thursday. A smiling photograph of Desiree Washington who competed in the miss Black America pageant As miss Rhode Island appears on Peoples feb. 24 cover along with a larger picture of Tyson. The Magazine quotes her As saying a i did no to do it for Fame. It was the right thing to  Tyson the former heavyweight Champion was convicted monday of raping Washington an 18-year-old freshman at Providence College in an Indianapolis hotel room last july. Next Friday Tyson a accuser also will be interviewed by Barbara Walters on abcs 20-20, Abc spokeswoman Lucy Kraus said. The network stopped Short of saying she would be identified. Abc also carried Diane Sawyers primetime live interview with Patricia Bowman after a Florida jury acquitted William Kennedy Smith of raping her. In Indianapolis judge Patricia Gifford granted a defense request to postpone Tyson a sentencing hearing by three weeks to March 27. Scheduling conflicts could make it even later court officials said. Tyson testified that Washington consented to have sex after the two met at a pageant rehearsal in Indianapolis. During the trial some news organizations including Abc identified the accuser without her consent. Washington a personal attorney in Rhode Island Edward Gerstein had no comment on the people report. Two messages left on an answering machine believed to be Washington a in her Hometown of Coventry were not returned. Washington Wasny to paid for permission to use her identity said people spokeswoman Beth Kseniak. She said Greg Garrison the special prosecutor who won the Tyson conviction arranged for Washington to talk with a people correspondent. But Garrison denied arranging anything. Quot what happened is that the prosecutor has been passing on All requests and letters to the victim and her family a he said. A i was asked if i would arrange it i said 1 would pass the request along and 1 did. We will not refuse to pass Mike Tyson and his accuser Desiree Washington Are on people Magazine cover. Along any request but it is not the truth that we have arranged anything. Its a dumb  Rob Smith a spokesman for the Indianapolis pros a Cut or a office said Tyson a accuser had expressed an interest in becoming an advocate for victims. A she indicated that a something she wanted to do Quot Smith said. A a that a her own prerogative. We think shed be very Good in that sort of  Tyson was convicted of one count of rape and two counts of criminal deviate conduct. Each count carries up to 20 years in prison but prosecutors have said similar convictions usually result in sentences of seven to 11 years. Gotti attorney terms . Deals with hit men body snatching new York up a John gottis attorney accused the Federal government of a trading dead people for testimony Quot by cutting deals with confessed hit men who will testify against the reputed mafia Kingpin. Quot the government is engaged in the equivalent of body snatching Here a trading dead people for testimony a Albert Krieger said thursday in an hour Long opening statement. Krieger said his client was a disciplined and principled Quot because he never curses in front of women or children. Krieger blamed prosecutors for an endless Pursuit of a devoted father much admired in his  this indictment is built on Sand a Krieger said. A a it a very simplistic but of course made out of whole  Gotti 51, is reputed to be the head of the nations largest organized crime family. He has beaten three previous attempts to put him behind bars earning himself the nickname a the Teflon  Gotti and co defendant Frank a Frankie loss Quot Locascio Are on trial in . District court in Brooklyn on charges of murder racketeering gambling loan sharking obstruction of Justice and bribery. Krieger ridiculed Salvatore a Sammy the Bull Grav Ano alleged to have been gottis unde Boss in the Gambino organized crime family and now a prosecution witness. The lawyer called Gravano a a Little Man filled with evil Connivance manipulation vanity who has cleared his slate by admitting to 19  chileans sue . Over grape scare Philadelphia a More than 2,400 chilean fruit growers and exporters sued the United states for $212 million thursday charging negligence in a 1989 chilean grape scare. The scare started when the . Food and drug administration announced that inspectors had found two grapes tainted with cyanide in a shipment to Philadelphia. The Fra urged Consumers to throw away chilean fruit and not to buy any More at that time. No other evidence of tampering was found. The chileans have complained the grapes were contaminated while they were under the of Day a control. A Call to the Fra office in Philadelphia was referred to the Agency a press office in Washington . A Call to that office Wasny to returned thursday. The lawsuit was filed in Federal court. It alleges the growers and exporters lost Money on fruit they  sell in the United states or other countries and on fruit sold at depressed prices said attorney Edward w. Madeira jr., who is representing the group. The claim also covers the costs of destroying the fruit and of Fra inspection. Chile exports about $500 million Worth of fruit per year to the United states. The lawsuit charges that the Fra banned the grapes on the basis of fundamentally unsound and negligent scientific procedures.9-month-old boy Dies after attack by pit Bull from wire reports Anchorage Alaska a a 9-month-old boy died after the family spit Bull attacked and a Tai  a Liu. L. Clamped its jaws on the Back of the child a head when his Mother picked him up. The 60-Pound dog ran away and returned wednesday to attack again biting the boys Mother Chris Coffman on the neck and face before it was confined to a bathroom. The child whose name was not released died about an hour after the attack. The dog is being quarantined for 10 Days to see if it is  to testify in killing Waterloo . A a 15-year-old has add Kif omitted her involvement in a killing and has agreed to testify against the victims wife and four teen agers charged in the Case. Kristi Mullins charged in the death of Malcolm a a Bruce Kellogg admitted a to being involved in the murder As an accessory a Seneca county District attorney Dennis Bender said wednesday. Kellogg of Linglestown pa., was shot while he slept at his summer cottage on Cayuga Lake last summer. Kellogg a 26-year-old wife Laurie and the five teen agers Are accused of driving to the cottage from Linglestown shooting Kellogg in the head with his own gun and returning to Pennsylvania. The District attorney said Mullins involvement in the crime was a strictly  a trial for the other defendants is tentatively scheduled for june 8, but All of the defendants have asked for separate  to begin tour Washington a defense Secretary Dick Cheney will leave today on a five nation latin America tour to discuss Security issues with government leaders and to visit . Troops in Panama the Pentagon said thursday. Cheney will meet in Guatemala with president Jorge Serrano Elias and the guatemalan defense minister and then see president Guillermo Endara in Panama. While in Panama Cheney will meet with army a Gen. George a. Joulwan commander of the . Southern come and visit with american service members there. Cheney also will meet with government leaders in Brazil Argentina and Chile. He is to return to Washington on feb. 24.algerian advisory issued Washington a the state department announced thursday it is temporarily suspending operations at the . Consulate in the algerian City of Oran and urged americans to defer All nonessential travel to Algeria. A recent months have seen a period of political change accompanied by social and economic difficulty a the department said in a travel  robbery bungled Clearwater Fla. A Man who fled a Bank after robbing it of $300 had two things working against him police said. Head Given a Teller a card bearing his name and address and the Bank was a Block from police Headquarters. After a Short Chase through a parking garage and restaurant police arrested Freeman Brown 39, on wednesday. A i done to think or. Brown was thinking too clearly a said Wayne Shelor spokesman for Clearwater police. Brown was charged with Bank robbery and was being held on $25,000 bail. Brown walked into a first Florida Bank office gave a Teller his card and said he had an account. When the Teller said no account existed Brown claimed he had a gun and demanded $300, Shelor said. The Bandit took off but police a responding quickly and in Force a had him in custody in d minutes. L  
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