Former pro basketball star Dennis Rodman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years probation on Monday for driving the wrong way on a California highway, forcing another car to swerve into a concrete dividing wall.
Rodman was also sentenced to 30 hours of community service, ordered to pay restitution and donate to a victim witness emergency fund, Orange County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Anna Bradley said.
Rodman, a former National Basketball Association forward with the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls, drove his sport utility vehicle the wrong way on Interstate 5 in the carpool lane early on the morning of July 20, prosecutors said.
The driver of a sedan driving the correct way swerved to avoid a head-on collision with Rodman's SUV and slammed into a concrete wall along the carpool lane, prosecutors said. There were no serious injuries in the incident.
Rodman, nicknamed "The Worm" during his playing career, is considered one of the best defensive players and rebounders in NBA history.
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He made international headlines in 2013 by visiting North Korea, where he socialised with the country's leader, Kim Jong-un.
