Rodney King on VH1's `Celebrity Rehab'
LOS ANGELES (AP) -June 11, 2008 The show features famous people dealing with drug and alcohol
problems aided by celebrity addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky.
King, whose 1991 beating by Los Angeles police led to deadly
rioting the next year, prompting him to make a famously earnest
plea for peace, will appear with actor Jeff Conaway, former Guns 'N
Roses drummer Steven Adler, Rod Stewart's son Sean and actress
Tawny Kitaen.
The new season is slated to premiere in October, the network
said Tuesday.
