COBRA KAI Star Martin Kove offers a mea culpa after having bitten his Costar, Alicia Hannah-Kim, during a fan event for the Netflix series on Sunday.
“I regret deeply and I apologize for my actions concerning the incident with Alicia (Hannah-Kim), a really kind and wonderful person who did not deserve to be placed in this position,” Kove in a press release obtained by Weekly entertainment By Jaffe & Co. Crisis Management. “I have always respected it and considered it as a very professional and talented colleague on COBRA KAI. “”
The statement continued: “I was fun in the moment but I went too far and there is absolutely no excuse for my behavior. I regret my actions for which I take full responsibility for what I did, and once again I apologize to her and her husband. I undertook to learn and it will never happen again.”
The police were informed that Kove bit Hannah-Kim at an autograph signature event at the Washington State Summer Con in Puyallup, Washington on Sunday. “I passed in front of Martin Kove, I hit him on the shoulder and I said hello and he turned to grab my arm and bit hardly blood hard,” said Hannah-Kim in a Handwritten statement to the police, examined by EW. “I joined myself and withdrew, then he grabbed my arm again to kiss him.”
The actress said that she then left to go to her table and said to her manager, as well as her husband, Sebastian Roche, which had happened. “I had visible teeth marks and bruises and immediate pain,” she continued in her declaration. “We approached Martin in the green room later (30 minutes) and he was furious and indignant and visibly angry when I said calmly to bite me. He insisted that he bite me for pleasure.”
Kove later, “admitted to having bitten the arm of Alicia and said he had made him a joke and he thought he was funny, and they play to fight all the time on the set of COBRA KAIAnd he did not think it was a big problem, “said the police report, who also declared that he finally apologized to his Costar at the event.
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When asked by the police at the time, he refused to make his own voluntary handwritten declaration and was not arrested because Hannah-Kim refused to file a complaint. Kove was rather escorted from the place.
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The character of Kove, John Kreese, has long been a villain in the Karate Cineverse, appearing in three films, as well as more recently on the Netflix Reboot series Cobra Kai. His character first joined the program in season 1, episode 6 in an unavnforced appearance before finally becoming a major actor and appearing in 57 episodes, by IMDB. Hannah-Kim was presented in 14 episodes like a formidable Sensei Kim Da-Eun, who is in unhappy partnership with Kreese.