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A man charged in an on-stage attack of comedian Dave Chappelle has now been arraigned on charges of attempted murder of a roommate months earlier and is being held in custody.
Isaiah Lee, 23, has pleaded not guilty in the December 2021 stabbing that occurred during a fight at a Los Angeles transitional living facility, the LA County District Attorney's Office said.
On Friday, Lee appeared before Judge James R. Dabney in Los Angeles Superior Court at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center on his attempted murder charge against his former roommate Dijon Washington.
Isaiah Lee, 23, has now been arraigned on charges of attempted murder of a roommate in December 2021 and is being held in custody
Lee pleaded not guilty in the December 2021 stabbing that occurred during a fight at a Los Angeles transitional living facility usually reserved for the homeless
Lee was dressed in prison garb consisting of a yellow t-shirt and blue pants. His hands were cuffed behind his back,
During the court hearing Judge Dabney adjourned the case until November 1.
Washington said earlier this month at a hearing for the stabbing that Lee had grown increasingly erratic in the months before the attack against Chappelle.
Lee would write strange notes in their transitional living facility where he bragged about using marijuana use and insulted Washington's dead brother.
'He was saying, 'I'm smoking on your brother,' bragging about how much money he's making – whatever he was doing – how much weed he was smoking,' Washington testified.
On Friday, Lee appeared before Judge James R. Dabney in Los Angeles Superior Court at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center on his attempted murder charge against his former roommate Dijon Washington
Lee was dressed in prison garb consisting of a yellow t-shirt and blue pants. His hands were cuffed behind his back
'It didn't make sense to me. He knew my brother had passed away few months before that. It was disrespectful,' the roommate added.
Tensions grew until December 2 last year when Washington laughed at Lee's notes.
'What the f**k are you looking at?' Lee asked him before rushing Washington.
'We started tussling, and I got stabbed' Washington testified.
Lee then fled the home.
Lee was originally arrested on May 3 after allegedly rushing the stage and tackling Chappelle during his stand-up set at the Hollywood Bowl.
Lee is accused of storming the Hollywood Bowl stage with a foldout knife and trying to tackle Chappelle in front of the audience on May 3
