SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been sentenced to three years' informal probation and 30 hours of community service for a crash on a California freeway.
The Orange County district attorney's office said Rodman pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor counts of driving across a dividing section, giving false information to a police officer and driving without a valid license. He also must pay restitution.
Prosecutors said Rodman was traveling north in a southbound carpool lane on July 20 on Interstate 5 in Santa Ana, forcing a sedan to swerve into a dividing wall to avoid a collision.
Rodman's lawyer Paul S. Meyer said the freeway entrance was poorly marked and community service was appropriate.
Meyer said a hit-and-run charge against Rodman was dropped.
