According to a report from ABC News WSVN 7 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen was assaulted outside the hotel he was staying at after a show in South Florida. Allen was outside the Four Seasons in the valet area for a smoke.  At that very moment, according to a police report, he was violently attacked by Max Edward Hartley, 19, who was visiting from Ohio. Allen in South Florida to perform a show at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino over the weekend. The show, this past Sunday, had Def Leppard co-headlining with Mötley Crüe. Allen, who has one arm following his infamous 1984 car accident, 59, was staying at the Four Seasons on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Bailey bailed out of the Broward County Jail on Tuesday. He was met by a 7News photographer who questioned why he would knock over a man with one arm and whether he knew that the man was Def Leppard’s drummer.

“Max, are you a Def Leppard fan?” he’s asked.

Hartley turned away without comment.

Fort Lauderdale Police said Hartley was hiding behind a pillar outside the hotel while Allen was smoking his cigarette when Hartley, according to the report, ran at full speed at Allen, knocking him to the ground.

The report states Allen “hit his head on the ground causing injury.”

The report then says a woman ran out of the hotel to help Allen, and Hartley, police said, then attacked her.

According to the 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. 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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