Martin Kove has made an official apology to his Cobra Kai co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim for biting her arm at a fan conference this weekend.
“I deeply remorse and apologize for my actions concerning the incident with Alicia (Hannah-Kim), a genuinely type and great one who didn’t should be put on this place,” Kove mentioned in an announcement to TMZ, despatched from Jaffe & Co. Disaster Administration. “I’ve at all times revered her and regarded her a extremely skilled and gifted co-worker on Cobra Kai. I used to be being playful within the second however went too far and there may be completely no excuse for my habits. I remorse my actions for which I take full accountability for what I did, and once more I apologize to her and her husband. I’m dedicated to studying from this and it’ll by no means occur once more.”
Based on an incident report filed by a Puyallup police officer and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, the biting occurred after Hannah-Kim approached her former co-star Kove at Washington State’s Summer time Con in Puyallup and tapped him on the shoulder to get his consideration.
“When Alicia did this, Martin Kove instantly grabbed her arm and bit her higher arm so laborious it practically drew blood, and he or she yelled out in ache. As soon as Martin Kove completed biting her arm, he grabbed her arm once more and commenced kissing it the place he had bit her (Alicia had a really noticeable chunk mark on her arm that was already turning blue and bruising),” the report additional states.
Hannah-Kim and her husband, Sebastian Roché, approached Kove concerning the assault, to which he “exploded on them, saying one thing to the impact of how dare they confront him, and he didn’t do something mistaken.” Within the VIP space, they communicated with an officer, and Kove admitted to bitting Hannah-Kim, however mentioned “he thought he was being humorous.”
Kove stars as sensei John Kreese in Cobra Kai, a personality he reprised from the 1984 movie The Karate Child. Within the sequel sequence, he acted alongside Hannah-Kim after she joined the solid in seasons 5 and 6.
“It was completely unlawful and never solely did he cross boundaries however he broke the legislation, and it was being investigated as an assault, and he might doubtlessly be booked into jail or issued a quotation for his unprovoked biting and kissing,” the responding officer moreover wrote within the report.
Hannah-Kim informed the officer she didn’t wish to press expenses, however wished the incident documented in case of additional dangerous habits on Kove’s half.