Dennis Rodman Busted for DUI 
 
 Dennis Rodman Arrested for DUI (UPDATE) 
 
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 10:10 AM PT -- Rodman's rep tells TMZ, "Alcoholism has been a struggle on and off for Dennis the past 15 years," adding he's been going through some "tough personal issues." The rep says he's going to talk to Dennis about going back to rehab. 
 
 Dennis Rodman has been arrested for DUI ... TMZ has learned. 
 
 Rodman was driving in Newport Beach Saturday at around 11 PM when cops pulled him over for a traffic violation. Cops administered a field sobriety test, which he flunked. He was handcuffed, put in a patrol car and taken to the police station. 
 
 We're told Rodman was cooperative and submitted to a breathalyzer test, and he blew over the .08 legal limit. 
 
 Rodman remained in jail for 7 hours, and when police determined he was sober enough to care for himself he was released. 
 
 Rodman was busted for DUI back in 1999. ||||| Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman left North Korea Saturday, professing his affection for autocratic leader Kim Jong Un and angrily rejecting calls to lobby for the release of imprisoned American citizen Kenneth Bae. 
 
 Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman, center, leaves a hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Rodman left North Korea Saturday after a five-day trip during which he met leader Kim Jong Un.... (Associated Press) 
 
 Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman, left, sits in a car as he heads to Pyongyang airport, North Korea Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Rodman left North Korea Saturday after a five-day trip during which he met leader... (Associated Press) 
 
 Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman, left, shows a photo of him with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un upon arriving at the Beijing capital airport in Beijing, China, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Rodman left North... (Associated Press) 
 
 Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman, center, gestures as he reacts to a question about American citizen Kenneth Bae who remains imprisoned in North Korea, at the Beijing capital airport in Beijing, China,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman, center, walks past journalists upon arriving at the Beijing capital airport in Beijing, China, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Rodman left North Korea Saturday, professing his... (Associated Press) 
 
 Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman, center, answers to reporters' questions at a hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Rodman left North Korea Saturday after a five-day trip during which... (Associated Press) 
 
 Despite earlier calling on Kim to set Bae free, Rodman said the Christian missionary's fate was none of his business. 
 
 "Guess what? That's not my job to ask about Kenneth Bae," Rodman told reporters upon arrival at the airport in China's capital, Beijing. 
 
 "Ask (President Barack) Obama about that. Ask Hillary Clinton," a visibly agitated Rodman shouted, referencing the former secretary of state. 
 
 Chomping an unlit cigar, the typically flamboyant Rodman displayed a stack of photos showing him hugging Kim, laughing and conversing with him over a meal, and the two of them watching a basketball game together. 
 
 The NBA Hall of Famer and five-time championship winner said the two had formed a close bond over the course of his two visits to the isolated communist dictatorship. 
 
 "He's my friend for life. I don't care what you guys think about him," Rodman said. 
 
 Wearing designer sunglasses and a stocking cap adorned with metallic spangles, Rodman quickly flashed with anger when asked about Bae, hurling obscene remarks back at reporters who quizzed him about the purpose of his trip. At one point, he had to be restrained by a member of his entourage before being bundled into a waiting car. 
 
 Rodman told The Associated Press as he was leaving his hotel in Pyongyang that Kim had spoken about his visiting again, and that Kim "really actually wants to change things." 
 
 He said Kim had encouraged Rodman when he goes back to the United States to "say some very good, positive, and very good things about this country, that's what we talked about a lot." 
 
 North Korea's official news agency, KCNA, said in a brief report that the two had "a cordial talk," and that Kim invited Rodman back again "any time." 
 
 The report said they watched a basketball game together, and Kim hosted a dinner for the sports star. 
 
 Rodman first met Kim _ a basketball fan _ during a visit in February to promote the sport and make a film. The two-time defensive player of the year has suggested "basketball diplomacy" could warm relations and has called Kim an "awesome guy." 
 
 The KCNA report did not mention Bae, an ethnic Korean US citizen who has been held in North Korea since last year. 
 
 Rodman once asked on his Twitter account for Kim to "do me a solid" and release Bae. 
 
 Bae was arrested in November and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what Pyongyang described as hostile acts against the state. Kim has the power to grant special pardons under the North's constitution.
– Dennis Rodman was pulled over late Saturday in Southern California, where police allege he was driving under the influence. USA Today reports the five-time NBA championship winner was first stopped by cops in Newport Beach around 11pm for vehicle code violations before officers began a DUI investigation. According to reports, Rodman was given a breathalyzer test before being arrested and booked into Newport Beach Jail. The legal limit in California is .08, but police did not release Rodman's test results. TMZ reports the 56-year-old was cooperative and that he remained in custody for seven hours before officials determined he'd sobered up enough to go home. Rodman was previously arrested on DUI charges in 1999 and 2003. "Alcoholism has been a struggle on and off for Dennis the past 15 years," a rep for Rodman told TMZ on Sunday. Rodman retired in 2000 after 14 seasons in the NBA. More recently, he's made headlines for his unlikely bond with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Just last month, the LA Times reported that Rodman wanted to arrange a diplomatic basketball game between North Korea and Guam, a US territory. “The people in Guam are all about it. They love it," he said while on what he called a "humanitarian" tour of Asia aimed at bridging the rift in US-DPRK relations. With President Trump and Kim Jong Un trading fiery rhetoric, Rodman used the occasion of his fifth and most recent North Korea visit to present a state official with a copy of Trump's The Art of the Deal in June.