The former congressional candidate and professional wrestler charged in the death of a man at a Las Vegas Strip hotel was dressed as Ken during the alleged incident during a Halloween party.
Daniel Rodimer, 45, was reportedly dressed as Ken from the movie Barbie when he got into an argument with Christopher Tapp, 47, during a Halloween party at Resorts World last year. ing.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said medical personnel responded to a call on Oct. 29 and found Tapp injured in a hotel room.
Tapp died on Nov. 5 at Sunrise Hospital, and authorities began investigating the death as suspicious. His death was ruled a homicide.
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Daniel Rodimer, 45, was reportedly dressed as Ken, played by actor Ryan Gosling in the movie Barbie, at the time of the fatal incident at a Las Vegas hotel. (Getty Images/Warner Bros.)
Rodimer surrendered to police on Wednesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. His attorney said he “intends to vigorously contest the allegations.” He posted $200,000 bail Wednesday night.
According to court documents obtained by KVVU-TV, Rodmeyer believed Tapp provided cocaine to his stepdaughter.
Partygoers said they saw “angry Ken” stripping off a fur coat that was part of his costume and charging into a bathroom where cocaine was lined up. In the documents, some alleged Rodimer pushed Tapp to the floor and punched him.
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Daniel Rodimer speaks at a rally for U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at Boulder City Airport on October 8, 2020 in Boulder City, Nevada. At the time of Rodimer’s fatal shooting at a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, he was allegedly dressed as Ken from the Barbie movies. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Further evidence against Rodimer includes text exchanges between him and his ex-wife.
A text message from his ex-wife to Rodimer reads, “As he lay there, I had to take your…hands off his neck and you ran away.” Ta. “For the next two hours, I tried to take care of him. No one should watch their husband kill someone.”
Tapp previously served 20 years in prison for the 1996 rape and murder of an 18-year-old woman in Idaho. He was released in 2017 and found not guilty in 2019.
Another man also pleaded guilty.
Rodimer competed in WWE as a professional wrestler from 2004 to 2007.
He then ran unsuccessfully for Congress as a Republican twice. She lost to Democratic Congresswoman Susie Lee in 2020 for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District seat.
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Rodimer then moved to Texas and ran in a 2021 special election to fill the seat vacated by Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who contracted COVID-19 and died in office.
As one of 23 candidates, Rodimer received less than 3% of the vote.
Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Pritchett and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
