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.
