Inside Dennis Rodman's complicated relationship with Olympic athlete daughter Trinity Rodman

Dennis welcomed his eldest daughter Alexis while married to first wife Annie Bakes. They dated for five years and split in 1992 after 87 days of marriage. 

Dennis met Michelle Moyer in 1999 and they welcomed their son, Dennis Jr (known as DJ) in 2001 and their daughter Trinity a year later. 

They married in 2003 but in 2004 Michelle filed for divorce; they spent several years attempting to reconcile but it was officially dissolved in 2012. 

That same year, it was alleged that Dennis owed $860,376 in child and spousal support, and was given two months by the courts to pay it or face jail time. 

"In all honesty, Dennis, although a very sweet person, is an alcoholic," said Peggy Williams, his financial advisor at the time. "His sickness impacts his ability to get work." 

In 2016 it emerged that Peggy (real name Peggy Fulford) had scammed Dennis and many other famous men out of millions of dollars, with Dennis believing his child support payments had been going directly to Michelle. 

Instead, Peggy has been pocketing the money.

She was sentenced to 10 years in 2018. 

Trinity revealed in 2021 that she and her dad were not close, and that he did not "play a big role" in her life. 

Dennis had surprised her at a soccer game, and she shared a picture on social media of her hugging her father, but offering insight into their relationship, writing: "My dad doesn’t play a big role in my life at all and most people don’t know that." 

"My dad, after YEARS, surprised me at a big game in my career, I was shocked, overwhelmed, happy, sad, everything," she said. 

"My dad doesn’t play a big role in my life at all and most people don’t know that, we don’t see eye to eye on many things. I go months if not years without his presence or communication." 

Trinity continued: "Being in the spotlight has been hard for us, him and me. We don’t have the best relationship, but at the end of the day he’s human. I'm human… he’s my dad, and I’m his little girl that will never change. I will improve and look forward to every day as I hope he does." 

When Trinity was signed by the Washington Spirit at the age of 19, she began to take media requests, where she admitted she is often asked about her father: "He is my dad at end of the day and I don’t think it’s gonna go away, so I just answer the questions and then move on." 

She also told The Guardian that growing up with the last name Rodman "put a fire under me more than pulling me down". 

"I was more in the mindset of, rather than saying, ‘Oh, this is annoying, I don’t even have a name,’ I was more like, ‘Oh, I’ll show these people I am an individual and I’m going to develop in soccer like he did in basketball,’ so I think I’m more driven because of it." 

"I haven’t been a great father," he admitted, breaking down in tears, during his 2011 induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. "I wish I was a better father." 

He also praised then-wife Michelle, acknowledging that she has "been a mother and a father and I’ve been very much appreciative of what she’s done". 

Yes - Trinity was selected to play for the US women's soccer team at the 2024 Olympics. 

They will play Australia on July 31 at 10am PT/1pm ET in the group stages.