Marla Hanson (born June 18, 1961) is an American former model who was the victim of a slashing attack in 1986, and a former screenwriter with credits on two films, both in 1997: The Blackout …

Aug 26, 2025 · Few crimes captured the public’s shock like the 1986 attack on Marla Hanson — a rising model whose face was viciously slashed on the orders of her landlord. What followed …

Feb 17, 2016 · A woman who was brutally slashed in New York last month is getting words of advice from Marla Hanson, who went through a similar ordeal 30 years ago.

Dec 27, 2022 · Marla Hanson is a former professional model and in 1986 her face was brutally slashed with razor blades outside a New York City bar.

Marla Hanson was born on 18 June 1961 in Independence, Missouri, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Blackout (1997), The Addiction (1995) and The Funeral (1996).

Marla Hanson (born June 18, 1961) is an American former model and screenwriter who survived a brutal facial slashing attack on June 5, 1986, in New York City, orchestrated by her landlord …

The facts: Marla Hanson's face is cut up by two men with single-edged razor blades. The man behind the attack is her landlord, Steve Roth, who had hired a childhood friend and another …

Not long after she made her trek from Texas to New York, Marla Hanson saw her modeling career end at the hands of a razor-wielding thug.

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May 12, 1987 · NEW YORK -- A judge sentenced a landlord to five to 15 years in prison for hiring two men to slash model Marla Hanson's face and left the victim in tears by scolding her for …