DENNIS RODMAN - Doesn't want his case on Court TV

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Rodman Doesn't Want Case on Court TV

Story Filed: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 3:50 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Former NBA star Dennis Rodman doesn't want Court TV to broadcast his trial on accusations he behaved strangely at a craps table and inflicted emotional distress on a dealer.

Rodman filed a motion Monday to close the trial to the cable network. The motion argues to District Judge James Mahan that Rodman is being sued by a Mirage craps dealer only because of his celebrity status and to air the trial ``will create a Jerry Springer-like atmosphere.''

The motion says the media has no constitutional right to broadcast, record or photograph court proceedings.

Rodman's attorney, J. Randall Jones, will formally ask Mahan Wednesday morning to bar Court TV from the courtroom. Jury selection in the case is expected to begin Thursday.

The craps dealer, James Brasich, filed the lawsuit against Rodman in 1998, claiming Rodman repeatedly rubbed his bald head, stomach and groin with dice before rolling them.

Brasich is seeking $300,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for ``substantial humiliation, embarrassment, indignity, degradation and anger ... (over) such despicable conduct.''

-- Anonymous, October 30, 2001


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