Legendary American boxer Mike Tyson has once again found himself in the spotlight for an unexpected reason. It all comes down to advertising contracts that sought to oblige him to appear in a show with a person in a giant pigeon costume.

Medier Ltd, the company promoting one of the world's betting brands, filed a lawsuit against Tyson and his company Tyrannic. The amount in dispute is about 1.5 million pounds sterling, which is 5.94 million rubles. What is the reason?

In January 2024, the parties signed an advertising agreement. One of its conditions additionally required filming a show in which Mike would be interviewed by a person in a giant pigeon costume. Moreover, Tyson was supposed to teach the character boxing techniques using a dummy bearing the image of his former rival Evander Holyfield's face. However, the legendary athlete refused to participate in the filming and said it was not part of the contract.

As a result, Medier Ltd filed a lawsuit in London's High Court.

It is symbolic that Tyson has on several occasions referred to pigeons as his childhood friends.

They were my salvation. As a child I was fat and ugly. My peers constantly teased me. And my only joy was the pigeons. I needed someone who would hear all my worries. Suddenly, that 'someone' became the pigeons. Every evening I would go up to the roof, sit on a rag that I myself had dragged from home, and talk to the pigeons. I often fed them, so they