Another woman sues Rodman over violence

Wednesday, June 2, 1999 | 10:39 a.m.

Former pro basketball player Dennis Rodman has been targeted in yet another lawsuit over alleged antics in a Las Vegas casino.

This time, a Kentucky woman filed a legal action alleging that her attempt to photograph Rodman in the MGM Grand on Jan. 8 was met with violence from the usually publicity-happy celebrity.

The lawsuit, filed by attorney Nancy Allf on behalf of Rebecca Mardis, charges that Rodman slammed her camera to the ground and then lifted the woman off the floor, causing her to become so nervous "that she could not control her bodily functions."

The lawsuit contends that Rodman was seeking media attention when he attacked the 5-foot-2, 95 pound woman and then "laughed at her fear."

Mardis is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

Rodman was sued earlier this year by a Las Vegas Hilton security guard who alleges he grabbed her breast and "shook it."

That lawsuit contends that Rodman also made "lewd comments" to Donna Ehlert in front of patrons, spectators and employees during the Oct. 11 incident.

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