Woman accuses former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson of rape in early 90s

Mike Tyson (Mark J. Terrill/AP)

A woman has accused former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson of raping her in the early 1990s, in a lawsuit filed in Albany, New York, this month.

The woman, who is suing for five million dollars (£4 million), said Tyson raped her in a car after she met him at an Albany nightclub and that she has suffered from “physical, psychological and emotional injury” in the years since then.