Dave Chappelle attacked onstage at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with videos from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and exhibiting a person appear to run onto the stage and sort out the comic.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Notice: Linked video contains harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to point out the one that charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by a number of people onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

The fool getting beaten down after attacking Dave Chappelle at Hollywood Bowl pic.twitter.com/Ft0FIUyjWv

Whereas your entire debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the viewers, cell phone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no immediate response from the Los Angeles Police Division to CBS News' request for details about the incident.

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by at the least 10 individuals.

LAPD and LAFD at the moment are loading him into an ambulance pic.twitter.com/7SXPe9e8az

Comedian Chris Rock was on the present, and jokingly requested if the attacker was Will Smith — who made headlines by bounding up on stage and slapping Rock at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late last 12 months from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the particular despite tons of of its personal employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later stated he'd be completely satisfied to meet with any member of the transgender group, but that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm greater than keen to provide you an viewers, but you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's demands," he told an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

The 48-year-old comic listed three conditions for any potential assembly, and responded to fellow comic Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix particular "hate speech."

"When you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than willing to, but I have situations: To begin with, you can not come if in case you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You will need to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com overseas editor, based on the CBS News London bureau.