The person who allegedly attacked Dave Chappelle on stage on the Hollywood Bowl earlier this month is talking out.
Isaiah Lee, the 23-year-old who was arrested and accused of tackling Chappelle whereas the comic was acting on Might 3 in Los Angeles on the Netflix Is A Joke present, is talking to the media in a brand new jailhouse interview printed on Sunday by the New York Publish.
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In accordance with the outlet, Lee says he’s a member of the LGBT neighborhood and has skilled homelessness in his life — and so, he discovered a few of Chappelle’s content material in regards to the transgender neighborhood in addition to the unhoused neighborhood to be personally “triggering” for him.
In the course of the interview, the outlet reported that Lee claimed the Chappelle’s Present alum must be “extra delicate” when he writes jokes, particularly for these he makes towards marginalized communities. Reportedly talking to the information org from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles whereas “wearing brown jail garb and sporting a sling on his damaged proper arm,” Lee stated at one level:
“I establish as bisexual … and I needed him to know what he stated was triggering. I needed him to know that subsequent time, he ought to think about first operating his materials by folks it may have an effect on.”
The outlet notes that Lee apparently anticipated to have “a superb time” at Dave’s Might 3 present on the tour that got here via Los Angeles. Nevertheless, he apparently grew pissed off after Chappelle joked about a few of his prior controversies associated to the LGBT neighborhood.
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Then, the alleged attacker claimed, Chappelle’s different feedback about homelessness — which the Publish reviews Lee has beforehand skilled himself — had been additionally aggravating.
The 23-year-old alleged assailant advised the outlet:
“I’m additionally a single dad and my son is 5. It’s a battle and I needed Dave Chappelle to understand it’s not a joke.”
The outlet then reported that Lee’s alleged “breaking level” got here when one other comic within the lineup that evening made “a crude joke about pedophilia.” The joke, the information org says Lee asserted, “dredged up recollections of [Lee’s] personal molestation as a teen.”
The alleged assailant additionally took concern with the safety group available that evening to pull him from the stage. Talking in regards to the accidents he sustained within the assault — a damaged arm and two black eyes, amongst different cuts and bruises — the incarcerated man stated:
“They spat on me and twisted me as if on goal.”
Within the aftermath of Lee’s alleged assault on Chappelle, which shockingly did not web him felony fees, the younger man was later charged with allegedly stabbing a former roommate in a separate incident final yr.
The one-time wannabe rapper spoke in regards to the penalties of that different case, lamenting that his allegations within the Chappelle incident had been “just about carried out” earlier than these different authorized points took place:
“It was just about carried out. However it went from me in all probability solely doing six months [in jail] and having to do neighborhood service and residing in a transitional house … to presumably 15 or extra years in jail. My son can be huge by the point I get out.”
Wow.
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