His fellow inmates taunt him for being a convicted rapist, prison guards have "the dying thumb" on him, and Mike Tyson still maintains he's innocent.
In a rambling, sometimes confused interview with reporter Ed Bradley for CBS' "Street Stories," his first since going to jail, the former heavyweight champion claims he's just a normal guy who had sex with a woman who said it was OK."And that's why I'm in trouble, because I'm normal and slightly arrogant," he told Bradley. "A lot of people don't like themselves, and I happen to be totally in love with myself.
"And people take . . . offense to that."
In transcripts of the interview, Tyson was quoted as saying other inmates have called him a "tree jumper." He didn't know what it meant at first but later found out it describes someone who jumps from behind trees and rapes people.
He also said he has had trouble with certain prison guards who want to "put their foot on somebody's neck" but aren't good enough to "clean my toilet."