Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman has agreed to pay $200,000 to the cameraman he kicked during a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, The Associated Press has learned.
Cameraman Eugene Amos was kicked in the groin by Rodman during a game at the Target Center last Wednesday. Amos declined comment Monday night, referring all questions to his attorney, Gale Pearson.The Star Tribune reported in today's editions that Pearson declined to comment. The newspaper quoted Andrew Lugar, a Minneapolis attorney who is representing Rodman, as saying Monday night, "There's nothing to report."
A source told the AP the settlement was for $200,000. WCCO-TV also reported Monday night that a six-figure out-of-court settlement had been reached.
The Bulls were playing the Timberwolves when Rodman stumbled out of bounds over a photographer. Rodman kicked Amos, who was sitting nearby, after Amos turned his camera on him. The game was delayed for seven minutes before Amos was carried off on a stretcher and treated briefly at a local hospital.
The NBA suspended Rodman for at least 11 games, the second-longest suspension in league history. It also fined Rodman $25,000. The suspension is without pay and will cost Rodman more than $1 million.
Amos filed an assault report the night of the game and said he intended to pursue charges. Police said if charges were filed, it would not be before today.
Amos, an in-house cameraman at the Target Center, said last Friday that he already had been to two doctors. He has not worked at either of the Timberwolves' two home games since he was kicked.
Rodman suspended -
as Carl's Jr. pitchman
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Dennis Rodman has been suspended again - this time as Carl's Jr. preeminent pitchman.
CKE Restaurant spokeswoman Suzi Brown said Monday that television commercials featuring Rodman were being pulled in response to the Chicago Bulls forward's recent kicking incident involving a cameraman.
"We decided, in light of what's going on, to pull his commercial from our campaign," Brown said. "I'm not sure if it's permanent or temporary, but we have pulled that commercial from our rotation."