A man took the Mike Tyson ear-biting approach after he caught his wife in bed with another man.
Here are the details via The Daily Mail:
Appearing in a Toledo court Monday, Virgil Bates III admitted that he attacked his romantic rival, Matthew Tipton, and bit off part of the man’s ear in the melee.
The 40-year-old Bates told Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Ruth Ann Franks that he went home on June 24 to find out if his wife, Heather, was lying about breaking off an affair.
Upon entering his house, Bates found his florist wife and her old lover, a 44-year-old welder from Toledo, in an amorous embrace, and soon a fight ensued between the two romantic rivals.
‘He proceeded to clamp down and bite my forearm. I proceeded to panic, and I wound up biting his ear, and a piece of his ear came off,’ Bates recounted in court, according to the Toledo Blade.
Bates pleaded guilty to a single count of aggravated assault, downgraded from a felonious assault charge that he had been indicted on last month.
Ouch. His mouthful of ear can now cost him up to 18 months in prison after his sentencing on August 31st. I’m sure his wife will have a great time while he’s locked away.