DEF LEPPARD Drummer RICK ALLEN Violently Assaulted Outside Florida Hotel
March 16, 2023, a year ago
Daily Mail is reporting that a teenager has been bailed after he assaulted Def Leppard drummer, Rick Allen, outside the Four Seasons in Florida.
Allen 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.
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 rushing out of the hotel to help him. But Hartley then attacked her, hitting her multiple times and dragging her by her hair before fleeing the area.
Read more and see photos at DailyMail.co.uk.
