Dave Chappelle’s attacker Isaiah Lee who attacked him while he was performing at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this year pleaded no contest to two charges and was subsequently sentenced to 270 days in county jail Wednesday, officials said, CNN reports.
According to the report by CNN, Dave Chappelle’s attacker Isaiah Lee pleaded no contest to misdemeanour battery charges and entering a restricted area during a live event, Ian Thompson, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office revealed.
The defence filed a motion for judicial diversion, a program that when successfully completed would have the defendant’s case dismissed, Thompson said. Prosecutors opposed the motion and the judge ultimately denied it, he said.
The weapon in the case, which was described by prosecutors as a replica handgun that included a knife blade, will be destroyed, Thompson said.
Dave Chappelle’s attacker Isaiah Lee is also facing attempted murder charges for an entirely separate incident. He is accused of stabbing his roommate during a fight at a transitional housing apartment last December, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Lee pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court in May to face the attempted murder charges.
“As a result of media reports about the Chappelle case,” a release from the DA’s office states, “the victim recently identified Lee as the person who committed the assault he had previously reported to police.”
“Based on the nature and severity of the December attack, Mr. Lee is now facing felony charges which my office will prosecute,” Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said in the statement.
Chappelle was ‘tackled’ on stage
Chappelle was performing at the Bowl at “Netflix is a Joke: The Festival” on May 3.
He “had finished his act and as he was exiting the stage, a male who was part of the audience jumped on the stage and tackled the celebrity to the ground,” Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson Officer Lizeth Lomeli had said.
Lee was arrested and taken to a hospital for medical treatment, Lomeli said.