All of us keep in mind the video from earlier this yr of Dave Chappelle being attacked whereas on stage. Seven months later, the person chargeable for the assault, Isaiah Lee is receiving jail time for the offense.
The incident occurred throughout the comic’s look on the Hollywood Bowl in Might. Video footage taken by different members of the viewers reveals the assault happening. Seemingly out of nowhere, Lee leaps from the entrance row of the group to leap up on the stage.
He subsequently bum-rushes Chappelle and tackles him. The comic’s safety and entourage have been fast of their response, not permitting for the attacker to get very far.
Upon accumulating himself, the 49-year-old proceeded to joke in regards to the state of affairs. “Thank God he was clumsy. He’s again there getting stomped,” he exclaimed whereas catching his breath.
In line with a report from Deadline, Lee has now pleaded no contest to the cost of assault with a lethal weapon. Because of this, he receives 270 days in jail.
Though the attacker had a reproduction handgun containing a hidden knife on the time of the assault, Chappelle suffered no accidents.
Later reviews indicated that Lee had really made a rap song in regards to the comic in 2020, through which he makes reference to the longer term assault. “Walkin’ straight into da Bowl,” he raps.
This information arrives on the heels of Chappelle just lately receiving backlash for an additional considered one of his reveals. Only a few days in the past, he brought out his friend Elon Musk to affix him on stage in San Fransisco.
The brand new proprietor of Twitter was instantly met with boos. In his since-deleted response to the state of affairs, the SpaceX CEO wrote, “Technically, it was 90% cheers & 10% boos (besides throughout quiet durations), however, nonetheless, that’s numerous boos, which is a primary for me in actual life (frequent on Twitter).”
In fact, Musk has been underneath numerous hearth ever because the dealing with of his acquisition of Twitter in October.
After promptly firing major employees, he has gone on to roll out a paid verification feature, through which anybody can acquire a blue verify – as long as they pay $7.99/month.
He additionally re-launched the Twitter Blue service, charging iPhone customers greater than different subscribers to entry the “subscriber-only options.”
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