Sentencing set for rape conviction of onetime pro wrestler

Former wrestler Buck 'Rock 'n' Roll Zumhofe tried to run after guilty verdict in rape case

March 7, 2014 at 8:12PM

Eugene Zumhofe, known as Buck "Rock 'n' Roll' Zumhofe in his pro wrestling days, tried to bolt from the court house when guilty verdicts were read in his rape tria in Willmar. Now 62, he awaits sentencing May 7 on a dozen counts of criminal sexual conduct involving a close relative over a period of years, according to the West Central Tribune in Willmar.

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Curt Brown is a former reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune who writes regularly about Minnesota history.

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