IN BRIEF

-- Sue Doyle

A pretrial hearing on a drunk driving charge against former pro

basketball star and Newport Beach resident Dennis Rodman has been

continued until May 25, pending “discussions” with the Orange County

District Attorney’s Office, attorney Paul Meyer said.

The D.A.’s office had no comment on any possible negotiations with Meyer

and his flamboyant client.

Rodman’s blood-alcohol level was 0.15 -- almost twice the legal limit --

when Costa Mesa police stopped him Dec. 22 near South Coast Plaza.

Rodman, driving a Bentley, was pulled over near Bristol Street and

Paularino Avenue, where officers said he failed a field sobriety test. He

was taken to jail, but freed after posting $2,500 bail hours later.

Rodman has no prior drunk driving convictions.

In late August, authorities arrested Rodman at Woody’s Wharf in Newport

Beach, where he reportedly fought with another patron. Public drunkenness

charges filed by the D.A.’s office were dropped three months later

because of insufficient evidence.

Nearly three months later, Rodman was arrested for allegedly striking his

estranged wife, Carmen Electra, in Miami Beach. Those charges were

eventually dropped as well.