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Dave Chappelle’s Alleged Attacker Requests Transfer to Mental Health Program
Dave Chappelle’s alleged attacker is asking to be transferred to a mental health program.
Isaiah Lee, 23, appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Monday accompanied by attorney Chelsea Padilla, a deputy public defender, the Post reported.
According to the outlet, prosecutors plan to file a motion opposing the request, and a hearing has been set for Aug. 23.
California’s Mental Health Diversion program allows a person charged with a crime to complete a mental health program, such as counseling, which could lead to charges being dismissed.
“When (the public defender) argues that someone does not have the full capacity, usually that person is sent off to get evaluated,” Los Angeles City Deputy Attorney Giselle M. Fernandez said.
“They take mental health classes, and they are on ‘diversion’ for a period of time. And if they finished diversion, a case could be dismissed if they do mental health diversion successfully. There’s a lot that goes into it. There has to be an evaluation, and there has to be a motion. And the judge has to grant it.”
Lee allegedly attacked the comedian in May while Chappelle was on stage during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl.
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer charged Lee with four misdemeanor counts of battery, possession of a weapon with intent to assault, unauthorized access to the stage area during a performance and commission of an act that delays the event or interferes with the performer.
Lee was allegedly carrying a replica gun with a knife blade when Chappelle was attacked during the Hollywood Bowl show, police said at the time.
Lee told the Post during a jailhouse interview he was “triggered” by Chappelle’s anti-LGBTQ+ jokes, and Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars “inspired” him.
“I identify as bisexual … and I wanted him to know what he said was triggering,” Lee told the outlet. “I wanted him to know that, next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect.”
Fox News Digital recently spoke with fellow comedian Gabriel Iglesias about Chappelle’s comedy style after his Minnesota show was canceled hours before the event was to start.
“At the end of the day, I’m a comic, he’s a comic,” Iglesias said during the annual Ping Pong 4 Purpose charity event at Dodger Stadium Monday night. “The ability to be creative and express ourselves through words onstage — it’s one of those things where sometimes it goes well, sometimes it doesn’t go well.
“At the end of the day we all want to do good.”
Chappelle has received backlash for certain jokes he’s made about the transgender community. In “The Closer,” Chappelle discussed controversies surrounding gender identity and has continued to defend his right to artistic freedom despite heavy backlash.
“Some comics are political, some comics are controversial, some just get right in your face and everyone does what they do,” Iglesias continued. “At the end of the day, being able to say what we need to say onstage to get our art across, our message across, is very important.”
The Anambra State Police Command has foiled a cult initiation ceremony in Nawfia, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesperson for the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka.
According to Ikenga, the operation was carried out by police operatives around 9:30am on June 15, leading to the arrest of six suspects at the scene.
Recovered during the raid were one Jojef pump action gun, two cartridges, and a golden-coloured Lexus SUV with registration number ATN 202 AE. Other items found include two cutlasses, two scissors, a cap bearing the inscription of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, charms, and substances suspected to be hard drugs.
“They are currently undergoing police interrogation to get more insight into their modus operandi, after which the case will be charged to court on the conclusion of the investigations,” Ikenga stated.
The police spokesperson reassured residents of the command’s unwavering commitment to fighting cultism and other related crimes across the state.
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Wednesday, remanded two persons, Olaitan Fasasi and Kehinde Tobiloba in a correctional facility over alleged attempted murder.
Fasasi, 40, and Tobiloba, 26, whose addresses were not provided, are being charged with conspiracy, attempted murder and membership of a secret society.
The Magistrate, Mr L.A Owolabi, did not take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction.
Owolabi directed the police to forward the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
He thereafter adjourned the case until May 31 for mention.
The Prosecutor, Josephine Ikhayere, told the court that the defendants committed the offences at about 5.02p.m on Feb. 15, at Mushin, Lagos.
She said that Fasasi, Tobiloba and others now at large, attempted to commit murder by shooting at a resident, Alfred Ademola.
“They armed themselves with a locally made gun. They belong to Eiye Confraternity, a group proscribed by law,”, she said.
Ikhayere said that the offences contravened Sections 230(1) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2012.
He said that the actions of the defendants also contravened Section 2(3)(a)(b)(c)(d) of the unlawful societies and Cultism Law of Lagos State Law.
An Area Court in Jos, on Tuesday, sentenced one Jeptha John, to three months imprisonment for stealing a Redmi mobile phone valued at N165, 000.
The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the John after he pleaded guilty to the offence.
The judge, however, gave the convict an option to pay N20, 000 fine and N50, 000 restitution to the complainant.
Bokkos said that if the convict defaulted in paying the restitution, three months should be added to his sentence to make it six months imprisonment.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp Monday Dabit, told the court that the case was reported at the B Division Police Station, Jos, on Dec. 1, 2024, by Ms Nerat Danjuma.
He said that the complainant alleged that the defendant trespassed into her house and stole her mobile phone valued at N165, 000.
The prosecutor further told the court that the offence contravened the Plateau State Penal Code, Law of Northern Nigeria.
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