No felony cost for man who tackled Dave Chappelle on stage

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The person arrested on suspicion of tackling comic Dave Chappelle throughout a efficiency on the Hollywood Bowl is not going to be charged with any felonies, the district legal professional’s workplace mentioned Thursday.

Isaiah Lee, 23, was arrested for assault with a lethal weapon, police mentioned, after speeding the stage towards the tip of Chappelle’s set within the final of a four-night stint on the out of doors amphitheater as a part of the “Netflix Is a Joke” pageant.

He was carrying a reproduction handgun with a big blade that folded out of it just like a pocket knife, based on a photograph launched by police.

“After reviewing the proof, prosecutors decided that whereas prison conduct occurred, the proof as offered didn’t represent felony conduct,” the Los Angeles County district legal professional’s workplace mentioned in a press release.

The case has been referred to the Los Angeles metropolis legal professional’s workplace, which prosecutes misdemeanors throughout the metropolis. An e mail looking for remark from the workplace was not instantly returned.

Jail information confirmed Lee was nonetheless being held Thursday in lieu of $30,000 bail, Mendez mentioned. It was not instantly identified if he had retained a lawyer, and the motive for the assault was unclear.

Individuals standing within the wings of the stage, together with actor Jamie Foxx and rapper Busta Rhymes, rushed on to the stage to attempt to assist Chappelle.

Safety guards chased and overpowered Lee, who was taken away in an ambulance for remedy of an unspecified harm.

“The performances by Chappelle on the Hollywood Bowl had been epic and record-breaking and he refuses to permit final night time’s incident to overshadow the magic of this historic second,” Chapelle’s publicist Carla Sims mentioned in a press release.

Chappelle was attacked as he was wrapping up a routine by which he talked about how comedians have to fret extra about their private safety within the wake of this 12 months’s Academy Awards ceremony the place the Oscar-winning actor slapped Chris Rock on stay tv in response to a joke about his spouse.

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Rock was additionally within the wings of Chappelle’s present, He grabbed the mic and jokingly requested, “Was that Will Smith?”

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