OUCH!

‘Karate Kid’ Actor Thrown Out of Fan Event for Biting Co-Star

The actor claims he was just messing around, but his victim says he left bruises and nearly broke skin.

Martin Kove, who appeared as villain John Kreese in three Karate Kid movies and the Netflix spinoff series Cobra Kai, was escorted out of the Washington State Summer Con on Sunday after reportedly biting his co-star. Alicia Hannah-Kim, who appears alongside Kove in Cobra Kai, told police she stopped to say hello to her co-star after spotting him at the event, but when she approached, the actor abruptly grabbed and bit her arm. Hannah-Kim, 37, told police she was left with “visible teeth marks and immediate bruising and pain.” “We approached Martin in the green room later and he was furious & outraged and visibly angry when I told him calmly not to bite me,” wrote Hannah-Kim in a subsequent police report. “He insisted he bit me for fun.” Kove, 77, similarly told police the bite was “out of jest” and that he “did not think it was a big deal.” Hannah-Kim will not press charges, but asked to have the incident documented “in case of future incidents.” Police say Kove apologized to his co-star before being escorted from the venue. Neither actor has commented about the incident. Cobra Kai concluded its six-season run in February.