Former Rodney King Attorney Pleads Guilty to Income Tax Evasion

Milton C. Grimes, a Los Angeles attorney who represented motorist Rodney King in his 1991 lawsuit against the city’s police, pleaded guilty to willful tax evasion in exchange for other charges being dropped.

Grimes faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and three years of supervised release, as well as an obligation to pay restitution for his unpaid tax and penalties, according to his agreement with the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, released Thursday. In return, the US agreed to dismiss the remaining four counts of tax evasion.

• Grimes’ indictment alleged that he owed ...