DENNIS RODMAN: Charged With Battery in Slap Case

Former NBA great Dennis Rodman was formally charged with battery yesterday for allegedly slapping a man in the face at a Florida bar back in May.

Rodman, who has pleaded not guilty to the charge, was celebrating his 58th birthday with friends when he got into an altercation with a man who claims the troubled hoops star slapped him twice with an open hand. The unidentified man says he suffered swelling in his face and filed a police report two days later.

If convicted, Rodman could face up to a year in jail. (NBC News)