Accused Dave Chappelle attacker reveals why he tackled comedian
“I identify as bisexual … and I wanted him to know what he said was triggering,” Lee said Saturday at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, dressed in brown jail garb and sporting a sling on his broken right arm.
“I wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect.” Lee said he expected to have a “good time” at the May 3 “Netflix is a Joke” show — but he grew angry and frustrated as Chappelle joked about his prior controversies with the LGBTQ community, as well as homelessness. “I’m also a single dad and my son is five,” said Lee, 23, who at one point was homeless himself. “It’s a struggle and I wanted Dave Chappelle to know it’s not a joke.” He said his breaking point came when another comedian in the show’s lineup make a crude joke about pedophilia — which Lee said dredged up memories of his own molestation as a teen.New York Post/David Buchan The stunning takedown at the Hollywood Bowl was caught on camera — showing Lee charging at Chappelle on stage, knocking him over and fleeing before security grabs him.Lee admitted that he was carrying a replica handgun with a retractable knife inside the night of the alleged attack — but claimed he didn’t have the weapon out when he charged the stage. Lee — seen in a Youtube photo for his song “Dave Chappell” — maintains he didn’t plan to harm the famous comedian.The wannabe rapper, who goes by “NoName_Trapper” and once put out a song about the Emmy-winning comic, said he always carries the weapon for protection because he is also a “minor celebrity.”, including battery and possessing a deadly weapon with intent to assault. “They spat on me and twisted me as if on purpose,” he said of the security guards who left him with a broken arm and two black eyes. Lee said as a father of a five-year-old boy and a political activist, he would never intentionally harm anyone,Lee told The Post that he was molested at age 17 while under the care of the Department of Children and Family Services in Los Angeles. He also said he was in the process of trying to secure a place to live before he was nabbed in the Hollywood Bowl debacle. Asked about reports that he suffers from mental health issues, Lee said they were “wrong” and “inaccurate.” His lawyer, however, has said he is receiving mental health services.against Lee — he was charged on Thursday with allegedly stabbing his roommate last year. The victim in that case identified Lee as his alleged attacker when the Chappelle incident went viral, prosecutors said.Lee faces four misdemeanor counts related to his attack on Chappelle, as well as felony charges stemming from an incident in which he stabbed his roommate.“But it went from me probably only doing six months [in jail] and having to do community service and living in a transitional home … to possibly 15 or more years in jail,” he added, shaking his head. “My son will be big by the time I get out.” Still, he said he doesn’t regret what happened because he saw it as an opportunity to speak out about homelessness, LGBTQ rights and child sex abuse that oftentimes serve as fodder for comedians. Chappelle drew heat last year over his Netflix special “The Closer,” in which he jokes about transgender women, and defends controversial comments from
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