Home The boxer Mike Tyson is pulled across a carpeted floor by his wife, the actress Robin Givens and her mother, Ruth, in their new home, Los Angeles, CA, May 1988. (Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images) The boxer Mike Tyson is pulled across a carpeted floor by his wife, the actress Robin Givens and her mother, Ruth, in their new home, Los Angeles, CA, May 1988. (Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)

The boxer Mike Tyson is pulled across a carpeted floor by his wife, the actress Robin Givens and her mother, Ruth, in their new home, Los Angeles, CA, May 1988. (Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)

The boxer Mike Tyson is pulled across a carpeted floor by his wife, the actress Robin Givens and her mother, Ruth, in their new home, Los Angeles, CA, May 1988. (Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)

Portrait of American actress Robin Givens and her husband, heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson, as they sit on a sofa, Los Angeles, California, May 1988. (Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)
Actress Robin Givens at a book reading and signing for her memoir ‘Grace will lead me home’ at Barnes and Nobles.  During the reading she started crying when she spoke of the women in her life being abused by the men they loved.  She also spoke of her confusion of loving Mike Tyson, and fearing him at the same time.