Mathieu tucks a pinch into his cheek. "This has caused me great pain," says Mathieu, who through a spokeswoman declined The Post's request to interview Tyra; independent efforts to reach her were ...

His mother, Tyra Mathieu, was not around. He lived with his grandparents in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood for most of his first five years until his aunt and uncle, Sheila and Tyrone Mathieu, ...