Dave Chappelle attacked onstage at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with movies from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and displaying a person seem to run onto the stage and tackle the comedian.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Notice: Linked video comprises harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to point out the one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to indicate — that the man was set upon by multiple folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

The fool getting crushed down after attacking Dave Chappelle at Hollywood Bowl pic.twitter.com/Ft0FIUyjWv

Whereas all the debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the audience, cellular phone use was officially banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no fast response from the Los Angeles Police Department to CBS News' request for details about the incident.

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and obtained his ass kicked by not less than 10 individuals.

LAPD and LAFD are actually loading him into an ambulance pic.twitter.com/7SXPe9e8az

Comic Chris Rock was at the present, and jokingly asked if the attacker was Will Smith — who made headlines by bounding up on stage and slapping Rock on the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late last 12 months from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the special regardless of a whole bunch of its own employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be pleased to fulfill with any member of the transgender community, however that he would not be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm greater than prepared to present you an audience, but you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's demands," he informed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

The 48-year-old comic listed three situations for any potential assembly, and responded to fellow comedian Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix special "hate speech."

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than willing to, however I have situations: To begin with, you cannot come when you've got not watched my special from beginning to end. You must come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby is not humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com foreign editor, based mostly at the CBS Information London bureau.