Dennis Rodman checks into alcohol rehab—report | Inquirer Sports

Dennis Rodman checks into alcohol rehab—report

/ 09:25 PM January 19, 2014

Dennis Rodman AP FILE PHOTO

LOS ANGELES — Former basketball star Dennis Rodman, facing a backlash for a series of visits to North Korea, has checked himself into an alcohol-rehab facility, according to US media.

“He has been in rehab most of this week, and I am very proud of him,” Darren Prince, his agent, was quoted as saying by CNN.

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“His drinking escalated to a level that none of us had seen before. When he came back (from North Korea), I discussed with him on a personal level how concerned I was. We sat down and decided for him to go to rehab. It is a 28- or 30-day facility.”

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The 52-year-old Rodman apologized earlier this month upon his return from his latest visit to secretive North Korea for saying a fellow American imprisoned there may have caused his own fate. Rodman blamed alcohol for his comments.

Rodman, who reportedly entered a rehab center on the US East coast on Wednesday, took a team of former National Basketball Association players to North Korea for his most recent visit and sang “Happy Birthday” to leader Kim Jong-Un inside a packed sports arena.

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The former NBA star was widely criticized for refusing to bring up human rights abuses or the plight of detained US missionary Kenneth Bae during his latest week-long visit.

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Rodman had said he planned to return to North Korea next month.

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Rodman has developed an unlikely friendship with the young North Korean leader since making his first trip there last February, when he declared Kim a “friend for life.”

Kim, who was educated in Switzerland, is reported to be a huge fan of basketball and especially of the Chicago Bulls, with whom Rodman won three NBA titles alongside Michael Jordan in the 1990s.

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