Editing Rodney King (section)

==Later life==
[[File:CynthiaKelleyRodneyKingApr2012.jpg|thumb|right|King with fiancée Cynthia Kelley a few months before his death. Kelley was one of the jurors in King's civil suit against the city of Los Angeles when he was awarded $3.8 million.]]
Los Angeles Mayor [[Tom Bradley (mayor)|Tom Bradley]] offered King $200,000 and a four-year college education funded by the city of Los Angeles.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption|last=King|first=Rodney|publisher=HarperCollins Book|year=2012}}</ref> King refused and sued the city, and was subsequently awarded $3.8 million. Bryant Allen, one of the passengers in King's car on the night of the incident, received $35,000 in his lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-08-me-20439-story.html|title=LOS ANGELES : 2 Passengers in King's Car Settle Suits for $55,000|date=February 8, 1994|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The estate of Freddie Helms, the other passenger, settled for $20,000; Helms died in a car crash on June 29, 1991, age 20, in [[Pasadena]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-30-me-2497-story.html|title=Passenger With King on Night of Beating Is Killed in Car Crash|date=June 30, 1991|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> King invested a portion of his settlement in a record label, Straight Alta-Pazz Records, hoping to employ minority employees, but it went out of business.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/la_riot/article/0,28804,1614117_1614084_1614831,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429034439/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/la_riot/article/0,28804,1614117_1614084_1614831,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=April 29, 2007| title=The L.A. Riots: 15 Years After Rodney King|author=Madison Gray|date=May 2007|magazine=Time}}</ref> With help from a ghostwriter, he later wrote and published a memoir.<ref>Bates, K. G., [https://www.npr.org/2012/04/23/150985823/rodney-king-comes-to-grips-with-the-riot-within "Rodney King Comes To Grips With 'The Riot Within'"], [[NPR]], April 23, 2012.</ref>

King was subject to further arrests and convictions for driving violations after the 1991 incident, as he struggled with [[alcoholism]] and [[drug addiction]]. In May 1991, King was arrested on suspicion of having tried to run down an undercover vice officer in Hollywood, but no charges were filed.<ref name="latimes1995">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-29-me-8370-story.html|title=LOS ANGELES: Rodney King's Wife Files Petition for Divorce|date=November 29, 1995|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 1992, he was arrested for injuring his wife, Crystal King. Crystal ultimately declined to file a complaint.<ref name="latimes1995"/> On August 21, 1993, King crashed his car into a block wall in downtown Los Angeles.<ref name="latimes2">{{cite news |title=Rodney King's Wife Files Petition for Divorce |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-29-me-8370-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 29, 1995 |access-date=July 1, 2012}}</ref> He was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, fined, and entered a rehabilitation program, after which he was placed on probation. In July 1995, King was arrested by [[Alhambra, California|Alhambra]] police after hitting Crystal with his car and knocking her to the ground during a fight. King had previously been arrested twice on suspicion of abusing her.<ref name="latimes2"/> He was sentenced to 90 days in jail after being convicted of hit and run.<ref name="me-king30"/>

On August 27, 2003, King was arrested again for speeding and running a red light while under the influence of alcohol. He failed to yield to police officers and slammed his vehicle into a house, breaking his pelvis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/04/15/rodney.king.ap/|title=Rodney King slams SUV into house, breaks pelvis|date=April 16, 2003 |publisher=CNN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211205000/http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/04/15/rodney.king.ap/|archive-date=December 11, 2007}}</ref> On November 29, 2007, while riding home on his bicycle,<ref name=":0" /> King was shot in the face, arms, and back with pellets from a shotgun. He reported that the attackers were a man and a woman who demanded his bicycle and shot King when he rode away.<ref name="me-king30">{{cite news|author=Reston, Maeve | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-30-me-king30-story.html |title=Rodney King shot while riding bike |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date= November 30, 2007 |access-date= December 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013020138/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/30/local/me-king30 |archive-date=October 13, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> Police described the wounds as looking as if they came from [[birdshot]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Report: Rodney King Shot in the Face {{!}} Fox News|website = [[Fox News]]|date = March 25, 2015|url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/11/29/report-rodney-king-shot-in-face.html|access-date = October 5, 2015}}</ref>

In May 2008, King checked into the Pasadena Recovery Center in [[Pasadena, California]], where he filmed as a cast member of Season 2 of ''[[Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew]]'', which premiered in October 2008. Dr. [[Drew Pinsky]], who runs the facility, showed concern for King's life and said he would die unless his addictions were treated.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[TV Guide]]|title=Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew| page =8|date= June 23, 2008}}</ref> King also appeared on ''[[Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House|Sober House]]'', a ''Celebrity Rehab'' spin-off focusing on a [[sober living environment]].<ref name="Celebrity Rehab">{{cite web|url=http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/celebrity_rehab/2008_Dec_19_sober_house_cast|title=Sober House will follow Celebrity Rehab cast, Andy Dick in sober living|work=reality blurred|date=December 19, 2008}}</ref> During his time on ''Celebrity Rehab'' and ''Sober House'', King worked on his addiction and what he said was lingering trauma of the beating. King and Pinsky physically retraced King's path from the night of his beating, eventually reaching the spot where it happened, the site of the [[Children's Museum of Los Angeles]], which is now Discovery Cube Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Elise |title=Rodney King Forgives Officers Who Beat Him&nbsp;— LAist |url=http://laist.com/2009/02/22/rodney_king_forgives.php |access-date=December 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224201645/http://laist.com/2009/02/22/rodney_king_forgives.php |archive-date=February 24, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2009, King and other ''Celebrity Rehab'' alumni appeared as panel speakers to a new group of addicts at the Pasadena Recovery Center, marking 11 months of sobriety for him. His appearance was aired in the third-season episode "Triggers".<ref name=Triggers>{{cite news |url=http://www.vh1.com/video/celebrity-rehab-3/full-episodes/triggers/1631736/playlist.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215131451/http://www.vh1.com/video/celebrity-rehab-3/full-episodes/triggers/1631736/playlist.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 15, 2010 |title=''Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew'', Episode 3.6 ("Triggers") |publisher=[[VH1]] |date= February 11, 2010}}</ref> King won a celebrity boxing match against [[Chester, Pennsylvania]], police officer Simon Aouad on September 11, 2009, at the Ramada Philadelphia Airport in [[Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Essington]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Stamm, Dan |date=August 19, 2009| url=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/Rodney-King-Takes-on-Former-Cop-53728342.html |title=No Plan to 'Get Along' When Rodney King Takes on Former Cop|work= NBC Philadelphia| access-date=December 1, 2009}}</ref>

On September 9, 2010, it was confirmed that King was going to marry Cynthia Kelley, who had been a juror in the civil suit he brought against the [[Los Angeles|City of Los Angeles]].<ref name=bbct /> On March 3, 2011, the 20th anniversary of the beating, the LAPD stopped King for driving erratically and issued him a citation for driving with an expired license.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/rodney-king-stopped.html | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | title=Rodney King stopped after traffic violation, police say | date=March 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_17540843|title=Rodney King once again runs afoul of the law, cited for expired license in Arcadia|work=Pasadena Star-News|date=June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410153212/http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_17540843|archive-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref> This arrest led to a February 2012 misdemeanor conviction for reckless driving.<ref name=stanwilson>{{cite news |title=Rodney King pleads for calm in Trayvon Martin case |first=Stan |last=Wilson |work=CNN |date=April 12, 2012 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/us/trayvon-case-rodney-king/?hpt=hp_t1 |access-date=April 12, 2012}}</ref>

The BBC quoted King commenting on his legacy. "Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me. They say I deserved it. Other people, I can hear them mocking me for when I called for an end to the destruction like I'm a fool for believing in peace."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18662564 | work=BBC News | title=Los Angeles riots: Rodney King funeral held | date=July 1, 2012}}</ref>