Marla Hanson (born June 18, 1961) is an American screenwriter and ex-model who was the victim of a slashing attack instigated by her landlord in 1986.
[citation needed] In June 1986, Hanson became involved in a dispute with her landlord, Steve Roth, over a security deposit that he owed her.
Hanson testified that Roth asked her to step outside a bar, and then stood by while the two men, after announcing a "stick-up," slashed her face with a razor blade.
Maddox also asserted that Hanson had "racial hangups" that led her to falsely identify Bowman and Norman, who are black, as her attackers.
Her works as a screenwriter include: In 1997, Hanson married Douglas Howell, whom she had met on a flight to Cuba a few months earlier.