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

Comic 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 exhibiting a man appear to run onto the stage and deal with the comedian.

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

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to show the one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to show — that the man was set upon by multiple individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the whole debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the viewers, cellphone use was officially banned during the performance.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by a minimum of 10 folks.

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

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

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late final 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 despite a whole lot of its own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be blissful to satisfy with any member of the transgender group, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm greater than willing to present you an audience, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's calls for," he informed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I would be greater than willing to, but I've circumstances: To start with, you can't come when you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You have to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com international editor, primarily based at the CBS News London bureau.