Isaiah Lee, the man who attacked Dave Chappelle on stage at the Hollywood Bowl in 2022, is, now, suing the outdoor amphitheater.
The 25-year-old is taking legal action against the iconic venue and its security staff for ‘negligent security and battery.’
According to TMZ, Lee claims that security allowed him to rush the stage and encourage the Chappelle Show host, 50, to carry out the attack.
The lawsuit was filed exactly two years after Lee rushed the stage to attack the comedian because he was ‘triggered’ over Chappelle’s jokes about the LGBTQ community and homelessness.
Lee, who identifies as bisexual, insisted, at the time, he attacked The Nutty Professor actor as a protest.
In the lawsuit, Lee alleges that the security staff at the Bowl beat him, spit on him and dislocated his elbow on purpose.
In 2022 a man rushed the stage at the Hollywood Bowl during Dave Chappelle ‘s show and attacked him
Now the man, named Isiah Lee, 25, is suing the iconic venue and its security staff for negligent security and battery and claims that security allowed him to rush the stage and encourage the Chappelle Show host, 50, to carry out the attack, TMZ reported
Video of the event showed Chappelle performing his set when Lee appeared out of nowhere from offstage and tackled the comedian, knocking him to the ground.
During the attack, a fake gun with a knife hidden inside fell out of Lee’s pocket, but was not used on Chappelle.
He was not injured in the attack and carried on with his show, commenting that Lee was ‘a trans man.’
In the lawsuit, Lee alleges that security was negligent because they knew Chappelle tells controversial jokes about the LGBTQ+ community and should have beefed up security.
Lee stormed the stage while Chappelle joked that he’d had to increase his security in light of his trans jokes at the Netflix is a Joke festival.
In 2021, Chappelle came under fire over jokes about trans people in his Netflix comedy show The Closer.
During the controversial special, he made one comment stating that ‘gender is a fact,’ prompting Netflix staff to protest and mass outrage on social media against some of his jokes.
He also shared his backing for JK Rowling, who has also attracted criticism for her remarks about biological sex.
The lawsuit was filed exactly two years after Lee rushed the stage to attack the comedian because he was ‘triggered’ over Chappelle’s jokes about the LGBTQ community and homelessness
Lee identifies as bisexual and has been homeless at points in his life and attacked The Nutty Professor actor as a protest
In the lawsuit, Lee alleges that the security staff at the Bowl beat him, spit on him and dislocated his elbow on purpose
Video of the event showed Chappelle performing his set when Lee appeared out of nowhere from offstage and tackled the comedian, knocking him to the ground
In the comedy special, he stated that he does not hate transgender people, and told a long anecdote about a trans woman comic, who he describes as a friend, who came to his defense in earlier entanglements with the community.
Chappelle added: ‘Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on Earth. That is a fact.’
In the contentious special, Chappelle also joked that women today view transwomen the same way Black people might view white women wearing blackface, and remarked that women are entitled to feel anger toward transwomen, since Caitlyn Jenner won Glamour magazine’s 2015 Woman of the Year award.
‘I’d be mad as s**t if I was a woman,’ Chappelle said.
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