Rodney King Arrested For Allegedly Punching Girlfriend

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Rodney King Arrested For Allegedly Punching Girlfriend

POSTED: 5:56 p.m. EDT October 14, 2003

LOS ANGELES -- Rodney King, the black motorist whose beating by Los Angeles police was videotaped a dozen years ago, was arrested for allegedly punching his girlfriend, authorities said Tuesday.

King, 38, was booked for investigation of domestic violence on Saturday then released Monday on $50,000 bail, a records clerk at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., said Tuesday.

King's girlfriend, JoAnne Naser, 22, of Rialto, Calif., telephoned police Saturday and said King punched her in the stomach during an argument that began the previous night, police Sgt. Shawn O'Connell said.

"She claimed that during the fight, he tried to choke her," O'Connell said. "That night, she got away but never called the police."

The next day, the argument erupted again and led to more violence, O'Connell said, and the woman telephoned police. King was arrested and paramedics took Naser to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, Calif., for examination.

On Aug. 27, a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge sentenced King to a three-month alcohol awareness program and six months of drug treatment, then four months in jail after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and reckless driving.

He was also placed on three years probation.

In 1991, King was pulled over for speeding in Los Angeles' eastern San Fernando Valley, where he was beaten by police officers who said he acted menacingly and refused to follow their orders. A bystander videotaped four white Los Angeles officers pummeling King with their nightsticks and feet and shooting him with stun-gun darts.

After a jury acquitted the officers in 1992, riots broke out across Los Angeles and lasted four days, leaving 55 people dead and more than 2,000 injured. The mayhem caused $1 billion in property damage.

King received a $3.8 million settlement from the city Los Angeles in 1994.

King has had a series of run-ins with the law in the years that followed, including a 1999 domestic violence conviction. In 2001, he pleaded no contest to indecent exposure and being under the influence of PCP and was sentenced to a year in a drug treatment center.

King was sentenced last Aug. 27 after police said he raced through a Rialto intersection at more than 100 mph in his new SUV on April 13 before losing control of the car, striking a utility pole, crashing into a fence and hitting a house. Authorities said tests revealed he had a "significant amount" of PCP in his system.

King attorney Duane Dade said at the time that treatment should help his client. The lawyer was in court Tuesday and didn't immediately return a telephone message left at his office.

The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office hasn't reviewed the latest arrest.

"If he's on probation, then we would have a hearing. I don't know what the situation is. But we take all these matters seriously," District Attorney Michael A. Ramos said.

[anniegetyourgun]

I really wish someone would put this guy out of our misery.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Rodney King Arrested For Allegedly Punching Girlfriend"

Well I gues that question is answered once and for all.

No, we can't all get along.

[Humidston]

Too bad he didn't punch Michael Schiavo and make his foolishness amount to something. As it stands, he's just a loooooser.

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[Alberta's Child]

So the $3.8 million settlement wasn't put to good use, it seems.

No matter how much whipped cream you use, you'll never turn a pile of sh!t into a chocolate sundae.

[Pro-Bush]

There must be a conspiracy against Rodney. Something must've made Rodney punch his girlfriend.

[Zathras]

Thats a riot!

[norraad]

3.8 mil?

IF I was given anything near to that sum I would go away & be the quietest, nicest citzen the world had ever known, sheesh!

[The Citizen Soldier]

"Can't we just all get along?" (...as soon as I get done punching this girl in the stomach).

[dinok]

Can't we all...
Oh what? You heard that one already?

[ElkGroveDan]

This has got to be arrest number 15 or 20 since the media Beatified him.

[veronica]

I wonder how much of MY tax money went toward this slimeball's settlement with the city of Los Angeles.

[Ruth A.]

Even without reading the article, would someone please lock this man up and throw away the key?

[coloradan]

Let's downscale our expectations ... can't just the two of them get along?

[csvset]

Man, ol' Rod has a 22 year old girlfriend? Go figure. She was 10 when the infamous arrest took place.

Who would of thought that she'd grow up and date the Rodney King?

[billhilly]

" black motorist"

Nothing else summarizes the politically correct than those two words. How many years have we read new reports of thuggish behavior by Rodney King? Who can remember the original incident when he led police on a high speed chase, and fought them off when they finally stopped them?

Enough.

[coloradan]

Who would of thought that she'd grow up and date the Rodney King?

Aim far, miss far.

[beelzepug]

"This has got to be arrest number 15 or 20 since the media Beatified him."

Is the "Three Strikes" law not in effect anymore in CA?

[Lib-Lickers 2]

Wonder how much cash he still can lay his hands on?,,,,