Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen attacked in Florida

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A young man has been charged after Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen was attacked in Florida while on tour.

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Allen, who lost an arm in a 1984 car accident, was assaulted while having a smoke outside the Four Seasons in Fort Lauderdale where the 59-year-old drummer was staying as his band was in town co-headlining a show with Motley Crue at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

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A Fort Lauderdale police report says the accused was hiding behind a pillar outside the hotel when he rushed Allen, knocking him down and causing him to “hit his head on the ground causing injury.”

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Authorities say when Allen, 59, was down, a woman rushed out of the hotel to help him and she too was attacked.

According to the police report: “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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“The defendant then grabs [her] by her hair and drags her out of the lobby and back onto the sidewalk before fleeing the area.”

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Max Edward Hartley, 19, a high school varsity lacrosse and football player from Cleveland, was arrested after being found at a nearby hotel allegedly breaking car windows.

The Saint Ignatius High School student has been charged with two counts of battery, four counts of criminal mischief, and abuse of an elderly or disabled adult, according to 7News Miami.

The news outlet said Allen provided a statement to police and indicated he wanted to prosecute.

A photographer with 7News confronted Hartley after he made bail, and asked why he would assault a person with one arm and if he knew that Allen was in the band. Hartley did not respond.