Tyson says he would rape victim now

NEW YORK -- Mike Tyson said he's so angry about his rape conviction 11 years ago that he wants to rape his accuser and her mother now.

In a television interview scheduled for broadcast on Thursday night, the former heavyweight boxing champion repeated his claim that he was innocent of raping beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington in 1991 in an Indianapolis hotel room.

"I just hate her guts," he said. "... She put me in that state, where I don't know. I really wish I did now. But now I really do want to rape her and her ... mama."

Tyson, 36, was convicted in 1992 and was sentenced to six years in prison. He served three years before being released on parole.

He made the comments during an interview in Miami Beach, Fla., with Fox news anchor Greta Van Susteren, who was reviewing the trial.

A call for comment to Tyson's adviser, Shelly Finkel, was not immediately returned.

The interview will be shown on The Pulse at 9 p.m. on the Fox network.

Neither Washington nor her parents returned calls seeking comment, the New York Daily News said.

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