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The teenager who assaulted one-armed Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen outside the Four Seasons in Fort Lauderdale also attacked his wife and allegedly dragged her by the hair.
Allen, 59, was in Florida to perform a show with the band at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino over the weekend – co-headlining with Mötley Crüe.
He had been staying at the Four Seasons and had gone outside for a cigarette when he was violently attacked by Max Edward Hartley, 19.
A police report from Fort Lauderdale Police said Hartley, from Ohio, was hiding behind a pillar outside the hotel before he rushed at the drummer and knocked him to the ground – causing him to hit his head.
Now, authorities claim that Allen's wife, singer Lauren Monroe, tried to intervene on behalf of her husband when Hartley allegedly attacked her and dragged her by the hair, ABC News reports.
The teenager who assaulted one-armed Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen (pictured right) outside the Four Seasons in Fort Lauderdale also attacked his wife Lauren Monroe (pictured left) and allegedly dragged her by the hair
Max Edward Hartley, 19, has been arrested after attacking the Def Leppard drummer
Allen, who sadly lost his arm in a car accident back in 1984, provided a sworn statement to police and told them that he wanted Hartley to be prosecuted.
Authorities confirmed that Allen 'hit his head on the ground causing injury', with a woman - now said to be Monroe, a singer - rushing out of the hotel to help him.
But Hartley then attacked Monroe , hitting her multiple times and dragging her by her hair before fleeing the area.
The report said: 'While she is on the ground, the defendant continues to batter her by striking her. [She] attempts to escape by running into the hotel.
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