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WWE wrestler-turned-GOP Congressional candidate Dan Rodimer was dressed as Barbie's boyfriend, Ken, and dancing moments before he allegedly beat a man to death.
Rodimer, 45, who ran for US Congress with the endorsement of Donald Trump, is accused of murdering Christopher Tapp, 47, at a Vegas hotel Halloween party last year.
In a video obtained by KLAS, the muscle-bound former wrestler is seen dancing and partying in the iconic 'Ken' outfit featuring a fur coat, a short blonde wig and a hairband, from the Barbie movie.
Rodimer allegedly turned into 'angry Ken,' ripping off his white fur coat and charging shirtless at Tapp after discovering the man was offering cocaine to his stepdaughter Bella Duffy, 21.
Witness Dani Lyons, a close friend of Duffy, claimed to have heard Rodimer say, 'If you ever talk to my daughter again, I'll ***** kill you,' according to documents.
'Immediately after hearing Dan say this to Christopher, [the witness] heard two loud banging noises,' investigators wrote.
WWE wrestler-turned-GOP Congressional candidate Dan Rodimer was dressed as Barbie's boyfriend, Ken, and dancing moments before he allegedly beat a man to death
Rodimer (pictured in 2020), 45, ran for US Congress with the endorsement of Donald Trump
Rodimer (pictured left in his mugshot) is accused of pummeling Christopher Tapp (right) to death at the Las Vegas party last October. Tapp was a recently exonerated man who had served 20 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing his friend in 1996
The alleged fatal assault unfolded at a Halloween party in the Resorts World suite on the Vegas strip, where event organizers bring 'Instagram models' to a number of parties that are put on for wealthy clients.
On the night of the fight, the master bedroom became the 'fun room,' where Lyons told cops that several people were taking cocaine.
She told detectives she had been doing cocaine with Bella and another person with lines of coke already set up on the counter along with a $100 bill to ingest them.
Lyons said Tapp then joined them.
She told police that Duffy's dad came in soon after and 'got upset with Christopher,' according to the court papers.
One party organizer said 'Bella rules' had been discussed before the party got fully underway. One of them was that Bella should not be given cocaine.
Lyons also told police she saw 'Dan knock Christopher to the ground, at which time Christopher's head hit a small table.'
She then witnessed Rodimer 'punch Christopher throughout his head and body,' documents said.
Lyons (left) was at the Resorts World hotel room with Bella Duffy, 21, (right) Rodimer's stepdaughter
The alleged fatal assault unfolded at a Halloween party in the Resorts World suite on the Vegas strip, where event organizers bring 'Instagram models' to a number of parties that are put on for wealthy clients
Lyons said Tapp then joined them. She told police that Duffy's dad came in soon after and 'got upset with Christopher,' according to the court papers
The incident unfolded in a hotel room in Resorts World Las Vegas (pictured) on October 29, 2023 after an alleged bust-up with the former wrestler-turned GOP candidate. Tapp later died in the hospital
Rodimer's wife Sarah can be seen dressed as Barbie in the video. She later ran into the room in the costume in an attempt to calm down her husband, documents say.
DailyMail.com previously revealed that Rodimer and Sarah were caught on a police wiretap agonizing over how to keep Bella and Dani silent, according to an affidavit supporting Rodimer's arrest.
'Bella told the police she was there with her friends,' Sarah tells her husband during a January 2 phone conversation. 'I'm like why did you have to say anything?'
Sarah then calls her own daughter 'so f***king
