Rodney King, the man whose beating in 1991 by Los Angeles police sparked riots in which dozens died and blocks of the city were torched, is reportedly to marry a member of the jury that awarded him $3.8m (£2.5m) compensation three years after the assault.
According to the Radar online magazine, King is to marry Cynthia Kelley after calling her on impulse four months ago - years after they last met.
The couple, both then married to other people, shared a pizza the day after the 1994 compensation case, and began a relationship, but later broke up. Kelley was the only black juror, and said at the time that other jurors had suggested $100,000 would be appropriate.
In 1991, after a car chase through the San Fernando valley, King was dragged from his car by four white police officers and repeatedly beaten with clubs, kicked and punched as he lay on the road. The assault was captured on video by a passing amateur cameraman, and horrified the American public when it was televised.
When, the following year, all four police officers were acquitted, the city erupted: in six nights of rioting, 53 people died, thousands were injured, and the damage caused to property was estimated at over $1bn.
In a tearful television interview during the riots, King pleaded: "Can't we all just get along, can we stop making it horrible for the older people and the kids?"
The Guardian