People: Dennis Rodman must pay casino employee

Published 9:37 pm Monday, April 27, 2009

A federal judge in Las Vegas has ordered former NBA star Dennis Rodman to pay a former casino employee $225,000 for grabbing and humiliating her at work in March 2006. Sara Ure, 28, is a former beverage manager at the Hard Rock Casino. She accused Rodman of grabbing her and forcing her to dance, holding her against her will and slapping her backside in front of subordinates and patrons.

Snoop Dogg told jurors in Santa Monica, Calif., on Monday that he didn’t hit a man suing him for millions of dollars with a brass-knuckle microphone during a melee at one of his 2005 concerts.

The rapper (real name: Calvin Broadus) took the stand for nearly two hours and denied that he hit Richard Monroe Jr. during the show at the White River Ampitheater near Seattle. Broadus said he went back to his tour bus immediately after Monroe jumped on stage and was tackled by security.

Monroe sued in 2006, claiming he was seriously injured after Broadus and members of his entourage and security detail struck him and poured alcohol on him during a performance of the hit “Gin and Juice.” He sued for $22 million; a 12-person jury will decide whether he receives any money.

Monroe testified on Friday that he woke up backstage, naked and in a pool of blood after the altercation. He said he was responding to what he thought was a call for audience members to join the performers on stage.

Joan Rivers unleashed an earful of insults after Donald Trump fired her daughter Melissa on “The Celebrity Apprentice.”

Rivers’ targets: poker champ Annie Duke and Playboy pinup Brande Roderick.

Melissa Rivers, who appeared with her mom on the NBC show, claimed the two formed an alliance against her. She called them “pit vipers.”

Joan Rivers launched into mama-bear mode, calling Roderick a “stupid blond” and Duke a “white trash” poker player. She called the duo “a Nazi and a follower.”

Associated Press