Dennis Rodman And Wife Carmen Electra Arrested In Miami - response to reported domestic violence - Brief Article

 Both Dennis Rodman and his wife Carmen Electra recently were arrested in Miami Beach on charges of domestic violence.

Miami Beach Detective Al Boza told JET that police officers were summoned to a hotel in the trendy South Beach area of Miami Beach when guests complained of loud noises.

Rodman told officers that after partying at local clubs he returned to the hotel and went to sleep only to wake up when Electra (whose real name is Tara Patrick) poked him with a rose stem and punched him.

The arrest record indicated that Electra told officers that they were watching television when Rodman became "agitated" when he saw a former boyfriend of hers on MTV. "You -- whore, get the -- out of here. Go with Fred," he reportedly told her. She further alleged that he grabbed her and threw her on the bedroom floor, yelling and screaming at her. He then threw her outside the room on the concrete walkway, she said in the report.

She re-entered the room and, according to the report, began punching him about the body and yelled "How could you do this to me?" "Both began to wrestle on the bed," the report said.

When she fled to another room, Rodman reportedly followed and threw her purse at her.

Boza said "the injuries were extremely minor. There was a minor scratch on her lip." Rodman's shirt was torn.

Both were arrested. "Officers have no latitude since it was a domestic violence call," Boza said. "It doesn't matter if the parties are married or not or are of the same sex."