The person who allegedly attacked Dave Chappelle on stage on the Hollywood Bowl earlier this month is talking out.
Isaiah Lee, the 23-year-old who was arrested and accused of tackling Chappelle whereas the comic was acting on Might 3 in Los Angeles on the Netflix Is A Joke present, is chatting with the media in a brand new jailhouse interview revealed on Sunday by the New York Publish.
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In accordance with the outlet, Lee says he’s a member of the LGBT neighborhood and has skilled homelessness in his life — and so, he discovered a few of Chappelle’s content material in regards to the transgender neighborhood in addition to the unhoused neighborhood to be personally “triggering” for him.
In the course of the interview, the outlet reported that Lee claimed the Chappelle’s Present alum must be “extra delicate” when he writes jokes, particularly for these he makes towards marginalized communities. Reportedly chatting with the information org from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles whereas “wearing brown jail garb and sporting a sling on his damaged proper arm,” Lee stated at one level:
“I determine as bisexual … and I wished him to know what he stated was triggering. I wished him to know that subsequent time, he ought to contemplate first operating his materials by folks it might have an effect on.”
The outlet notes that Lee apparently anticipated to have “ time” at Dave’s Might 3 present on the tour that got here by Los Angeles. Nonetheless, he apparently grew annoyed after Chappelle joked about a few of his prior controversies associated to the LGBT neighborhood.
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Then, the alleged attacker claimed, Chappelle’s different feedback about homelessness — which the Publish stories Lee has beforehand skilled himself — have been additionally aggravating.
The 23-year-old alleged assailant instructed the outlet:
“I’m additionally a single dad and my son is 5. It’s a battle and I wished Dave Chappelle to comprehend it’s not a joke.”
The outlet then reported that Lee’s alleged “breaking level” got here when one other comic within the lineup that night time made “a crude joke about pedophilia.” The joke, the information org says Lee asserted, “dredged up recollections of [Lee’s] personal molestation as a teen.”
The alleged assailant additionally took concern with the safety crew available that night time to pull him from the stage. Talking in regards to the accidents he sustained within the assault — a damaged arm and two black eyes, amongst different cuts and bruises — the incarcerated man stated:
“They spat on me and twisted me as if on objective.”
Within the aftermath of Lee’s alleged assault on Chappelle, which shockingly did not web him felony fees, the younger man was later charged with allegedly stabbing a former roommate in a separate incident final 12 months.
The one-time wannabe rapper spoke in regards to the penalties of that different case, lamenting that his allegations within the Chappelle incident have been “just about completed” earlier than these different authorized points took place:
“It was just about completed. Nevertheless it went from me in all probability solely doing six months [in jail] and having to do neighborhood service and dwelling in a transitional dwelling … to probably 15 or extra years in jail. My son shall be large by the point I get out.”
Wow.
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