Police have issued charges against a young man after the attack on stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle (48) in Los Angeles.
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Videos, which were filmed by spectators among the audience – and which show a man taking to the stage and shooting straight into the comedian, have taken off on social media.
Now report TMZ that the man had a firearm. The website writes that the police have informed them that the attacker aimed at Chappelle with a weapon while he ran towards him.
However, it must have turned out that the firearm was not real, but a copy of a semi-automatic weapon. However, it must have had a knife glued to it.
A 23-year-old man has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon after stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle (48) was attacked in Los Angeles.
That confirms police in Los Angeles, according to Sky News.
The performance took place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles during the “Netflix Is a Joke” festival.
The unwanted stage guest is said to have run around the podium before he was overpowered by several people. According to eyewitnesses, film star Jamie Foxx (54) and rapper Busta Rhymes (49) have been involved in the intervention.
Chappelle is said to have escaped with the horror, while the man is said to have been injured and was transported to hospital by ambulance.
According to TMZ, the man is still in hospital on Wednesday afternoon Norwegian time, but he is in police custody.
Chris Rock (57), the comedian who during the Oscar gala got a blow in the face by Will Smith (53), was according to the website VIP guest during Chappelle’s show. Rock is said to have hugged Chappelle afterwards and jokingly asked: “was it Will Smith?”.
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British TV personality Sharon Carpenter and American football player Cobi Jones were among them the first to to mention the incident on Twitter.
Chappelle was about to end the show when the incident occurred. Afterwards, he is said to have joked about the incident and, among other things, said: “I do not know if this was part of the show?”.
In 2015, another man insulted Chappelle on stage and ended up in a brawl with the law. That time the comedian got threw banana peel on himself.
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