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" Mike Tyson has spoken out following a backlash to his casting on Law &amp;amp;amp; Order: SVU. The former boxer will make his television acting debut on the NBC crime drama, playing death row murderer Reggie Rhodes, but some fans of the show have petitioned against Tyson&amp;#039;s casting, since the 46-year-old was himself convicted of rape in 1992.  &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t rape nobody or do anything like that,&amp;quot; Tyson told TV Guide. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not trying to get rich and famous; I&amp;#039;m just trying to feed my family. Why should [the petitioners] care? &amp;quot;Since I&amp;#039;m clean and sober five years, I haven&amp;#039;t broken any laws or did any crimes. I&amp;#039;m just trying to live my life.&amp;quot; Tyson added that he felt &amp;quot;no emotional connection&amp;quot; to his SVU role and that he played Reggie &amp;quot;with the best of [his] ability&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a really damaged young man and a broken person,&amp;quot; said Tyson. &amp;quot;As a human being I can relate to it, but it has nothing to do with me.&amp;quot; Since his conviction, Tyson has continued to make high-profile media appearances, most notably in 2009 film comedy The Hangover and its 2011 sequel. Law &amp;amp;amp; Order: SVU airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on NBC. In the UK, the series is screened by the Universal Channel. &amp;amp;gt; Mike Tyson taking one-man stage show Undisputed Truth on tour&amp;amp;gt; Mike Tyson: &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m not in The Hangover 3&amp;#039; Watch a clip from Law &amp;amp;amp; Order: SVU below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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