Isaiah Lee, the man who attacked Dave Chappelle on the Hollywood Bowl stage 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 assault.”
According TMZLee claims security allowed him to go on stage and encourage the 50-year-old Chappelle Show host to carry out the attack.
The lawsuit was filed exactly two years after Lee took the stage to attack the comedian because he was “triggered” by Chappelle’s jokes about the LGBTQ community and homelessness.
Lee, who identifies as bisexual, insisted at the time that he attacked The Nutty Professor actor in protest.
In the lawsuit, Lee alleges that Bowl security staff hit him, spit on him and purposely dislocated his elbow.
In 2022, a man went on 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 assault, claiming security allowed him to go on stage and encourage the Chappelle Show host, 50, to carry out the attack, TMZ reported
Video of the event showed Chappelle performing 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 against Chappelle.
He was not injured in the attack and continued 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 they should have beefed up security.
Lee stormed the stage as Chappelle joked that he had to increase his security in light of his trans jokes at the Netflix is a Joke festival.
In 2021, Chappelle came under fire for jokes about trans people on his Netflix comedy show, The Closer.
During the controversial special, he made a comment stating that “gender is a fact”, prompting massive protests and outrage from Netflix staff on social media against some of his jokes.
He also shared his support for JK Rowling, who has also drawn criticism for her comments about biological sex.
The lawsuit was filed exactly two years after Lee took the stage to attack the comedian because he was “triggered” by Chappelle’s jokes about the LGBTQ community and homelessness.
Lee identifies as bisexual and has been homeless at times in his life and attacked The Nutty Professor actor in protest.
In the lawsuit, Lee alleges that Bowl security staff hit him, spit on him and purposely dislocated his elbow.
Video of the event showed Chappelle performing 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 comedian, whom he describes as a friend, who came to his defense in previous entanglements with the community.
Chappelle added: ‘Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to go through a woman’s legs to be on Earth. That’s a fact.’
In the controversial special, Chappelle also joked that women today view trans women the same way black people might view white women in blackface, and commented that women have a right to feel anger toward women. trans, as Caitlyn Jenner won Glamor magazine’s 2015 Woman of the Year award.
“I would be very angry if it was a woman,” Chappelle said.
