Marla Hanson Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Marla Hanson (born c. 1961) is a screenwriter and ex-model.Born in Independence, Missouri, Hanson attended college in Dallas, Texas. After working selling real estate and insurance, a job promotion brought her to New York City. There, a part-time modeling job eventually became a full-time career in the 1980s.In June 1986, she rejected the sexual advances of her landlord, Steve Roth. Roth hired two friends, Steven Bowman and Darren Norman, to attack Hanson. Hanson testified that Roth asked her to step outside a bar, then stood by while the two men, after announcing a "stick-up," slashed her face with a razor blade. The assault left three wounds that required surgery and over 100 stitches to close, resulting in permanent scars.Roth and the two attackers were tried separately, with Judge Jeffrey Atlas presiding over both trials. In Roth's trial, he was found guilty of first degree assault for arranging the attack. In the trial of Bowman and Norman a few months later, Hanson was subjected to a controversial cross examination by Bowman's defense attorney Alton H. Maddox, who impugned her character in a line of questioning the prosecutor called "disgusting and filthy". Maddox also asserted that Hanson had "racial hangups" that led her to falsely identify Bowman and Norman, who are black, as her attackers. Hanson and her attorney later publicly criticized the criminal justice system for allowing her to be humiliated on the witness stand. Bowman and Norman were found guilty.At sentencing, Atlas gave Roth the 5 to 15 year maximum sentence, but not before telling a weeping Hanson and her attorney he was "incensed" at their public criticism of the criminal justice system. After a brief recess, Atlas apologized to Hanson and her lawyer. Mayor Ed Koch expressed outrage at Atlas's comments. Bowman and Norman were sentenced to the 5 to 15 year maximum sentence as well.Hanson has since lobbied for reform in the way victims of crimes are treated in criminal courts.Her works as a screenwriter include:The Blackout (1997)Subway Stories (1997)The story of the attack on Hanson was made into a TV movie entitled The Marla Hanson Story in 1991 where she was portrayed by Cheryl Pollak.
Net Worth
$19 Million
Date Of Birth
June 18, 1961
Place Of Birth
Independence, Missouri, USA
Height
5' 4" (1.63 m)
Profession
Writer, Editorial Department, Producer
Nicknames
Marla Hanson, Hanson, Marla
Star Sign
Gemini
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Fact
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Writing screenplays for short films. [May 2001]
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She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1994 with a bachelors degree in film production.
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Just after midnight on June 5, 1986, Marla Hanson, then a 24 year old model, was shoved against the wall of a Manhattan building and slashed in the face 15 times with a razor blade. Police later arrested her landlord Steve Roth, whose romantic advances she had repeatedly rejected, and two other men. Hanson found herself the most famous victim in the country.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground
1997
TV Movie segment "Love on the A Train"
The Blackout
1997
Editorial Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Funeral
1996
editor: video
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Addiction
1995
associate producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Marla Hanson Story
1991
TV Movie factual consultant
Known for movies
The Blackout (1997) as Writer
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997) as Writer
