A man has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon after comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked on stage at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Police Department said Isaiah Lee, 23, has been charged.
Earlier, police told NBC Los Angeles the suspect had a replica gun that can eject a knife blade “when you discharge it correctly”.
Chappelle was not injured after he was tackled on stage at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
#davechappelle attacked at #hollywoodbowl #netflixisajoke pic.twitter.com/oP04S0de90
— abazar 🦇🔊 (@abazar) May 4, 2022
Videos circulating on social media appeared to show a man running into the comedian on stage.
Jamie Foxx, who was watching the show, rushed to the stage to help alongside security staff.
Later Chappelle, 48, continued with the stand-up show following the incident.
At the time, he told the audience: “I don’t know if that was part of the show. I grabbed the back of that n****s head, his hair was spongy, absorbent.”
He added: “Listen, I just want to say I’ve had an incredible time.”
The comedian has come under fire from some critics for his jokes in the Netflix comedy special The Closer about the trans community.
A reporter at the show Brianna Sacks reported a “man charged and tackled” Chapelle before security “rushed and started punching and kicking the s*** out of Chappelle’s attacker” on Twitter.
Also watching on from the crowd, musician E5quire tweeted about the incident: ”#DaveChappelle just got attacked on stage at #HollywoodBowl while making jokes. I’ve officially seen it all.”
He added: “Suddenly a random person sitting in the front row jumped on stage and ran straight at him. He tackled Dave and they both went to the floor and began wrestling when everyone ran onstage to help, including Dave’s security…”
Comedian Jimmy Carr described the Los Angeles show as “crazy” and posted a selfie with Chappelle.
The Hollywood Bowl show with the legendary Dave Chappelle was crazy. Just happy everyone’s ok. pic.twitter.com/Jji0mv2ub6
— Jimmy Carr (@jimmycarr) May 4, 2022
He tweeted: “The Hollywood Bowl show with the legendary Dave Chappelle was crazy. Just happy everyone’s ok.”
The Standard has reached out to Dave Chappelle‘s representatives for further comment.
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