Dave Chappelle attacker requests transfer to mental health facility

Accused Dave Chappelle attacker Isaiah Lee is trying to get out of jail and into a mental health facility, his attorney said in Los Angeles court this week.

Lee, 23, stayed mostly quiet during his appearance in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday morning, wearing a yellow prison top and blue plants.

His right arm, which had previously been in a sling after being broken during the May 3 incident at at Chapelle’s “Netflix is a Joke” show in Los Angeles, appeared healed and he sat next to his lawyer with his hands cuffed behind his back.

His attorney, Deputy Public Defender Chelsea Padilla, requested that her client be placed in a mental health diversion program.

Prosecutors are going to file a motion opposing the motion, Los Angeles City Deputy Attorney Giselle M. Fernandez said, and a hearing in the matter was set for Aug. 23.

Lee allegedly tackled Chapelle on stage and was initially arrested for felony assault with a deadly weapon. He later had his charges downgraded to misdemeanor battery.

He also has an unrelated attempted murder case involving a former roommate.  

Lee had previously insisted on that he didn’t have mental health issues but later admitted to suffering from bipolar depression disorder and being medicated for it.

He told The Post in an exclusive jailhouse interview that he was “triggered” by the Chapelle’s jokes about the LGBTQ community and homelessness while he insisted he never wanted to harm the funnyman.

“I identify as bisexual…and I wanted him to know what he said was triggering,” Lee said from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles. “I wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect.”

He later said he was inspired by Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars.

Lee pleaded not guilty to the attack, and remains locked up at the LA County Twin Towers Jail on $1 million bail total for both cases.