Martin Kove has issued a public apology to his “Cobra Kai” co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim after he bit her arm at a fan conference on Sunday.

“I deeply remorse and apologize for my actions relating to the incident with Alicia (Hannah-Kim), a genuinely sort and fantastic one who didn’t need to be put on this place,” Kove mentioned in an announcement obtained by Selection from Jaffe & Co. Disaster Administration. “I’ve at all times revered her and thought of her a extremely skilled and gifted co-worker on ‘Cobra Kai’. I used to be being playful within the second however went too far and there may be completely no excuse for my habits. I remorse my actions for which I take full accountability for what I did, and once more I apologize to her and her husband. I’m dedicated to studying from this and it’ll by no means occur once more.”

In a report from the Puyallup Police Division obtained by Selection on Monday, Hannah-Kim accused Kove of assaulting her at a “Cobra Kai” look at Summer season Con in Puyallup, Wash.

Within the report, Hannah-Kim instructed an officer positioned within the VIP part of the occasion that after tapping Kove on the shoulder to say howdy, he abruptly grabbed her arm and bit her “so onerous he almost drew blood.” The report provides that after she screamed in ache, Kove allegedly began kissing her arm the place he had bitten her. The Puyallup Police Division said that Hannah-Kim alerted her husband, who was current on the conference, to the incident. When the 2 went to confront Kove, he reportedly “exploded on them, saying one thing to the impact of how dare they confront him.”

Hannah-Kim then alerted the reporting officer to the assault. In line with the report, Kove instructed the officer that he was making an attempt to be “humorous,” including that they “play battle on a regular basis on the set of ‘Cobra Kai.’” Kove was then reportedly instructed to go away. The report states that Hannah-Kim didn’t wish to press expenses, however “wished to have a report filed in case this continues.”

Within the authentic 1984 “Karate Child,” Kove performed John Kreese, the movie’s predominant antagonist. He reprised the roles in two sequels and the “Cobra Kai” spinoff collection.