In June 2017, Dennis Rodman posted a short message on Twitter. He said he was a grandfather. He named the baby: Vincent. He congratulated his daughter and her husband.
That tweet was news. Not because a baby was born, but because most people had no idea Alexis Rodman was married at all. She hadn’t announced it. Her father did it for her.
That one moment says a lot. Alexis Rodman is the oldest child of one of basketball’s most famous and most talked-about players. And she has spent her whole life stepping away from that.
Here’s the tricky part. If you search her name, you’ll find dozens of articles. Many of them copy each other. Many of them disagree on basic dates. Some of them just make things up.
So this article does something different. It sorts the confirmed facts from the filler. It tells you what’s actually known, what’s disputed, and what’s plainly invented.
One thing to keep in mind as you read: Alexis Rodman is a private person. She’s not a celebrity. She has no public role. Almost everything written about her is really about her parents.
Quick Facts About Alexis Rodman
- Full name: Alexis Caitlin Rodman
- Born: September 28, 1988, in Los Angeles, California
- Age: 37 (in 2026)
- Parents: Dennis Rodman and Annie Bakes
- Position in family: Dennis Rodman’s oldest child, and the only child from his first marriage
- Half-siblings: Dennis Rodman Jr. (born 2000) and Trinity Rodman (born 2001)
- Husband: Robert Bunfill — married August 2014
- Child: One son, Vincent, born June 2017
- Public profile: None. No interviews, no social media presence, no public role
- Job: Unknown. She has never shared it, and no reliable source has reported it
- Net worth: Unknown. The $200,000 figure online traces back to an aggregator blog, not a real source
- Relationship with her father: Estranged for years, then reconciled after she showed up at an autograph signing. Dennis told the story on Oprah in 2013
Who Is Alexis Rodman?
Her full name is Alexis Caitlin Rodman. She was born on September 28, 1988, in Los Angeles, California. She is the first child of Dennis Rodman and Annie Bakes.
She was raised mostly by her mother. Dennis was building an NBA career at the time, and he was not around much. More on that shortly.
Here’s what makes writing about Alexis Rodman hard. She has never given an interview. She has no public job. She has never sought attention of any kind.
So the honest answer to “who is she?” is short. She’s a woman in her thirties who happens to have a famous father, and who decided early on that she wanted no part of it.
A note before the section: this is thin ground. Everything on record about her childhood is either her parents’ business or that 1997 interview where her mother described an eight-year-old struggling. I’ve written it, but there’s no way to expand it without inventing detail — so it’s short by necessity, not by laziness.
Alexis Rodman’s Early Life
Alexis Rodman was born on September 28, 1988, in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Annie Bakes, was a model. Her father, Dennis Rodman, was a young player with the Detroit Pistons, just starting to make a name for himself.
She arrived before her parents married. Within a year, they were already in court — Annie filed a palimony suit in 1989 over child support. So the legal fighting started before Alexis could walk.
Her parents did marry in the early 1990s, but it fell apart fast. After that, Alexis was raised almost entirely by her mother.
Money was not easy. Annie has said Dennis was reluctant to help. She sold Rodman memorabilia to cover school costs — some of it turned up on an episode of Pawn Stars.
Her Parents’ Short Marriage
Dennis and Annie met in the mid-1980s. Annie Bakes was a model. Dennis was a young player just starting out with the Detroit Pistons.
Alexis Rodman was born in 1988 — before her parents married. That’s a small detail, but it matters, because their legal fights started before the wedding did.
In 1989, Annie filed a palimony suit against Dennis. Her claim was that he had fallen behind on child support. Reports say she sought over $1 million.
The marriage came later, in the early 1990s. It did not last. By most accounts it collapsed within months.
Now, an honest note. The sources disagree here, and they disagree badly. Some say the couple married in 1991 and divorced in 1992. Others say 1992, and that the marriage lasted 82 days. At least one says the marriage ran “about five years.” These can’t all be true.
The divorce filing also included serious personal allegations against Dennis. Many websites repeat those claims as flat fact. They shouldn’t. They were allegations made in a bitter divorce, and they were never proven. That’s an important difference.
A Hard Childhood
Alexis Rodman’s early years were rough. Her parents split when she was very young. Her father was mostly gone.
In 1997, her mother gave an interview that described what was happening at home. Alexis was angry. She was acting out. She was in counseling for it.
There’s one line from that interview that gets repeated everywhere. Alexis hit another girl during a basketball game. When asked why, she said: “Well, Daddy does it.”
Her mother also said Alexis Rodman blamed her for the divorce. Not her father. Her mother. She was angry that Annie had left him.
School wasn’t easy either. Dennis Rodman was famous for his behavior as much as his rebounding. Kids talked. Alexis heard it.
It’s worth pausing on something here. Alexis was eight or nine years old when all of this was reported. She wasn’t a public figure making choices. She was a kid dealing with the fallout of adult decisions, and her worst moments ended up in a newspaper.
Her Parents Divorce Story
After the divorce, the gap between father and daughter widened. Then it stayed wide. They went years without seeing each other.
The custody fights were long and bitter. Annie has said that Dennis was reluctant to give her money to raise their daughter.
Money got tight enough that Annie sold Rodman memorabilia to help cover tuition. Some of that even showed up on an episode of Pawn Stars.
Dennis has said the separation hit him hard. He’s described being depressed about it. In one Los Angeles Times interview, he admitted he “never really paid enough attention” to his wife and child because of his job. He knew his family mattered. He said he “never really showed it.”
And there’s one detail that sticks with people. He had a picture of Alexis tattooed on his left forearm. He carried her face with him for all the years he didn’t see her.
Meet Her Own Family
Alexis married Robert Bunfill in August 2014. Some reports place the wedding at Citrus Heights, California. It was a small event with family and friends.
Their son, Vincent, was born in June 2017. That’s when Dennis posted his tweet: “Wow, congrats to my daughter Alexis Rodman and her husband for the birth of their 1st baby: Vincent! I can’t believe I’m a Grandfather!”
And that’s about all that’s public. Not because information is hidden or hard to find. Because there isn’t any more.
Alexis Rodman has kept her husband out of view. She’s kept her son completely out of view. No photos. No posts. No interviews.
Think about that for a second. Her father tweets. Her sister plays in front of stadium crowds. And Alexis said no thanks to all of it.
Her Mother, Annie Bakes
Annie Bakes was born in 1965. Before she met Dennis, she worked as a model. She grew up with a single mother and had a tough start herself.
After the divorce, she became an author. In 1997 she published Worse Than He Says He Is: My Walk on the Wild Side With Dennis Rodman. It covered their relationship and how badly it went.
Here’s a useful tip for spotting bad sources. Some websites mash those two titles into one, and print something like “Worse Than He Says He Is: White Girls Don’t Bounce.” That’s not a real book. It’s a copying mistake, passed from one site to the next.
Annie raised Alexis largely on her own. She has since remarried.
Alexis Rodman’s Half-Siblings
Dennis Rodman has three children in total. Alexis is the oldest. The other two came from his marriage to Michelle Moyer, which lasted from 2003 to 2012.
Dennis Rodman Jr. was born in 2000. He grew up in Southern California and played college basketball at Washington State University.
Trinity Rodman was born in 2001. She picked soccer instead of basketball, and she’s become a genuine star. She plays for the Washington Spirit in the NWSL and has represented the United States at the senior level, including at the Olympics. She’s one of the biggest names in American soccer.
Watch out for errors here too. A few articles claim Trinity plays basketball at Washington State. She doesn’t. That’s a mix-up with her brother.
The contrast is the interesting part. Two of Dennis Rodman’s kids chose very public sporting lives. Alexis chose the exact opposite.
Bottom Line
She grew up with a famous father who wasn’t there. Her childhood anger ended up in newspapers before she was ten. Her siblings became public athletes. Her father never stopped being public.
The only reason we know she got married is that her dad mentioned it. The only reason we know she has a son is the same tweet.
That’s the whole story. A woman decided her life was hers, and it mostly worked. The rest — the net worth figures, the measurements, the confident dates — is noise from websites copying each other.
(FAQs)
How old is Alexis Rodman?
She was born on September 28, 1988, which makes her 37 in 2026.
Is Alexis Rodman married?
Yes. She married Robert Bunfill in August 2014.
Does Alexis Rodman have children?
She has one son, Vincent, born in June 2017. The public only learned about him because Dennis Rodman tweeted the news.
What does Alexis Rodman do for a living?
Nobody knows publicly. She’s never shared it. Any site claiming to know her job or her income is guessing.
Are Alexis and Dennis Rodman close now?
They are. After years apart, she showed up unannounced at an autograph signing. Dennis told the story on Oprah in 2013. She’s since described him as “a really beautiful person.”
