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From NBC News:“Cobra Kai” actor Martin Kove is accused of biting his co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim on the arm so hard he nearly drew blood, according to a police report.
Hannah-Kim said they were at a VIP meet-and-greet Sunday at Summer Con in Puyallup, Washington, when Kove grabbed her arm and bit her after she tapped him on the shoulder to say hello.
“I walked past Martin Kove, tapped him on the shoulder and said hello & he turned around grabbed my arm and bit down hard almost drawing blood. I yelped and drew back and then he grabbed my arm again to kiss it,” she said in a handwritten statement included in the police report. “I pulled away and rushed back to my table.”
Kove Said the two pay games like that on the set of the show, and insists he was just joking. He apologized but he was still booted from the event.
Here’s what happened when he was questioned by police:
Oh man!! This situation is messy!
‘Cobra Kai’ actor Martin Kove accused of biting co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim, nearly drawing blood! (via @NBCNews) pic.twitter.com/Q4qCk2ouhQ
— Garrick The DJ (@GarrickTheDJ) June 24, 2025
“Karate Kid” and “Cobra Kai” star Martin Kove was kicked out of a fan convention after allegedly biting co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim during a VIP meet-and-greet.
According to the report, Hannah-Kim told an officer that after tapping Kove on the shoulder to say hello, he suddenly… pic.twitter.com/qUexMBISeQ
— Variety (@Variety) June 23, 2025
The information listed is from NBCNews.com.
