Former Premier League footballer Marlon King has said "he will fight tooth and nail" to overturn his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman in a club.
King was jailed for 18 months after being convicted of sexually assaulting the 20-year-old woman and punching her in the face and breaking her nose.
The former Wigan Athletic player, who claimed he was the victim of mistaken identity, was freed last week.
"I'm not trying to paint myself as an angel but I am no sex beast," he said.
On the night of the attack King had been out in London celebrating his wife's pregnancy.
'Made mistakes'
After he was found guilty of the attack the court heard he had 13 previous convictions.
He told BBC 5Live he was not trying to hide from his past.
"Just because I've made mistakes it doesn't make me guilty of every crime I'm accused of," he said.
"People say to me - 'why aren't you remorseful?' You can't be remorseful for something you haven't done."
A caller to the show accused the former striker of hating women.
But King's wife, who was also being interviewed, said she knew her husband was innocent and defended him.
"It would be lucrative for me to leave him," she said.
"I am going to stand by him. I know he did not attack that lady and I know he does not hate women."
King added: "I do not hate women."
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