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Marla HansonMarla Hanson is a screenwriter, ex-model and the survivor of a cruel facial slashing. 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. There, a part-time modelling 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 to cut her face more than 15 times. All three men were convicted for the crime, but Hanson's career as a model was ruined. She has since lobbied for reform in the way victims of crimes are treated in criminal courts. Her works as a screenwriter include: - The Blackout (1998)
- Subway Stories (1997)
The story of the attack on Hanson was made into a TV movie entitled "The Marla Hanson Story" in 1991.
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