Rodney King spends his time seeing doctors and thinking about his injuries he fears may become permanent . He is staying with friends and fears retribution by the police . His ex - wife says he 's depressed and frightened ; his attorney has hired guards to protect him . King suffers headaches and numbness of the face after several months of plastic surgery to repair parts of his cheek and eye bones , and has instituted an $ 8 million law suit against the city for excessive spending . In another development , he 's now a suspect in a February 21 robbery and shooting , a result of the wide publicity .
Rodney King spends his time seeing doctors and thinking about his injuries he fears may become permanent. He is staying with relatives and fears retribution by the police. His ex-wife says he's depressed and frightened; his attorney has hired guards to protect him. King suffers headaches and numbness of the face after five hours of plastic surgery to repair fractures of his cheek and eye bones, and has instituted an $83 million law suit against the city for excessive force. In another development, he's now a suspect in a February 21 robbery and shooting, a result of the wide publicity.