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Cobra Kai star Martin Kove was kicked out of a Washington state fan convention after BITING co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim
Cobra Kai star Martin Kove found himself booted from a Washington state fan convention after shockingly biting his co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim.
The 78-year-old actor attended the Washington State Summer Con in Puyallup, Washington over the weekend, but the incident lead to the police getting involved and the actor being kicked out.
The incident happened in the VIP section of the Washington State Fair and Events Center when Hannah-Kim, 37, and her husband, actor Sebastian Roche, walked past Kove and said hello.
Kove then allegedly grabbed her arm and bit it so hard he nearly drew blood, and then even kissed her arm when she cried out in pain, according to TMZ.
Both Hannah-Kim and Roche witnessed the incident and immediately told Kove - who recently lashed out at 'political Hollywood' - what he did was inappropriate.
reached out to reps for both Kove and Hannah-Kim and they have not yet responded to requests to comment.
Kove, according to the police report, was, 'furious and outraged and visibly angry when I told him calmly not to bite me,' and, 'he insisted he bit me for fun.'
Kove also claimed he was trying to be 'funny' adding that they, 'play fight all the time on the set of Cobra Kai.'
The police officer who was monitoring the VIP section told Kove that what he did was a crime, and told him to stay put while the situation was sorted out.
While Hannah-Kim did not press assault charges against Kove, she did request that a report be taken with statements from her and her husband, to have on file in case a situation like this happened again.
Photos were also taken of Hannah-Kim's arm, which showcased a, 'very noticeable bite mark on her arm that was already turning blue and bruising.'
After the police were involved, Kove seemed to realize the gravity of the situation and apologized to Hannah-Kim and Roche in front of the officer.
Kove was told to leave the convention, and the officer told him never to do something like that again.
Kim played Kim Da-Eun, a powerful South Korean sensei who is also the granddaughter of Kim Sun-Yung, the master who taught initially taught Kove's character John Kreese in his youth.
Kove played Cobra Kai sensei John Kreese in the 1984 classic The Karate Kid, and its 1986 and 1989 sequels, The Karate Kid Part II and The Karate Kid Part III.
He reprised that role for Cobra Kai, set 34 years after the events of the original Karate Kid film, which originally aired on YouTube Red before moving to Netflix.
The show enjoyed a strong run spanning six seasons, following Kreese's old student Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and his rivalry with Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), which ended its run back in February.
Kove will next be seen in Killing Mary Sue with Sean Patrick Flannery, Dermot Mulroney and Jason Mewes, while Hannah-Kim is filming the South Korean TV series The North Star.
