Mike Tyson's rape accuser has dropped her $5 million (£3.85m) lawsuit against the former heavyweight boxing champion. The woman, who had claimed Tyson raped her in a limousine in the early 1990s, has withdrawn her complaint.

Attorneys for a woman accusing Mike Tyson of raping her in 1991 said the case had to be dismissed on procedural grounds.

The woman who accused former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson of sexual assault two years ago dropped her case against him this week, an attorney for Tyson said. The case stemmed from an alleged incident at an Albany nightclub in the early 1990s,