Dave Chappelle's Alleged Attacker Charged With Battery, Possession of a Weapon With Intent to Assault
06.05.2022 - 17:07
/ etonline.com
alleged to have attacked Dave Chappelle on Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl during the Netflix Is A Joke Festival is facing new charges. On Thursday, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced his office has filed charges against Isaiah Lee, who police have named the suspect in the alleged attack on Chappelle. «This alleged attack has got to have consequences,» Feuer said.
He noted that the misdemeanor charges filed include battery, possession of a weapon with the intent to assault and «charges related to interfering with a performance.» «My office takes protecting public safety extremely seriously,» Feuer said, «and we are going to vigorously prosecute this case.»The new charges come after the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced that «the evidence as presented did not constitute felony conduct» and that the case was being referred to the City Attorney's Office.«The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has referred the case to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office for misdemeanor filing consideration,» the L.A. County's District Attorney's Office said in a statement. «After reviewing the evidence, prosecutors determined that while criminal conduct occurred, the evidence as presented did not constitute felony conduct.
The District Attorney’s Office does not prosecute misdemeanor crimes within the city of Los Angeles.»On Tuesday, police told ET that they detained a 23-year-old Black man named Isaiah Lee, and he was booked on $30,000 bail. Lee was initially charged with assault with a deadly weapon, but that charge no longer applies. As for what led to Lee's arrest, authorities told ET that Chappelle had just finished performing on Tuesday night when a man jumped on the stage and
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