The person accused of attacking comic Dave Chappelle onstage at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment is dealing with a number of misdemeanor prices, metropolis legal professional Mike Feuer stated Thursday. The announcement comes hours after officers stated the 23-year-old suspect, recognized as Isaiah Lee, wouldn't face felony prices.
Lee is charged with battery, possession of a weapon with intent to assault, unauthorized entry to the stage space throughout a efficiency, and committing an act that delays an occasion or interferes with the performer, in line with Feuer.
Throughout Chappelle's Tuesday evening present, Lee tackled the comic and pointed a weapon, later decided to be a reproduction handgun containing a knife blade, at him. Lee was arrested Tuesday evening after being handled for his accidents at a close-by hospital and held on a $30,000 bail.
The Los Angeles Metropolis Lawyer's Workplace bought the case on Thursday after the Los Angeles County District Lawyer's Workplace reviewed the proof and declined to cost Lee with federal crimes.
Chappelle was not injured within the assault. A consultant for the entertainer stated "Chappelle is absolutely cooperating with the energetic police investigation into this incident."
"The performances by Chappelle on the Hollywood Bowl have been epic and record-breaking and he refuses to permit final evening's incident to overshadow the magic of this historic second," Sims stated.
Tucker Reals and Zoe Christen Jones contributed reporting.