*Mike Tyson's visit to South Africa took another hit Wednesday after his scheduled appearance at a radio station was met with so many complaints that his camp opted to scrap the visit.
See Also:Talk Radio 702 station manager Pheladi Gwangwa said Tyson, in town to help promote a boxing match this weekend in Johannesburg, had agreed to be interviewed by morning host John Robbie, but pulled out at the eleventh hour. "The request (for an interview) was received favorably but with the proviso that John should not ask any questions relating to his rape trial," Gwangwa told AFP. But when Robbie told listeners about the interview restrictions, the station was flooded with angry calls. "There was a huge reaction from listeners, some of them SMS-ing, others calling and agreeing with the first woman (who said Tyson had shown no remorse over his 1992 rape conviction), while others disagreed and said Mike Tyson has paid his dues to society," said Gwangwa. "Most of them however said that John should not conduct the interview if he would be prevented from asking questions about the rape trial." As callers were expressing their opinions on the air, Tyson's promoter Rodney Berman called the show's producer to say that the interview was cancelled, Gwangwa added. Tyson's radio station drama follows a similar protest of his presence at a charity banquet earlier this week by One-in-Nine, a group which campaigns for tougher laws against rape. As previously reported, the group released a statement expressing outrage over Tyson's involvement, and that he would share a table at a pre-fight charity dinner with newly-elected ANC leader Jacob Zuma, who went on trial for rape in 2006 before being ultimately acquitted.
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