Rick Allen

Allen, 59, was in Fort Lauderdale with the band for a show with Motley Crue when he was assaulted while standing outside the Four Seasons Hotel smoking a ...

A woman who came to help Allen - who lost his left arm in a car accident in 1984 - was also pushed to the ground and assaulted. in Lake Country](http://www.liveinlakecountry.ca/) [GALLERY [+]](javascript:;) [FILM / RADIO [+]](javascript:;) [TICKETS [+]](javascript:;) [LOTTO [+]](javascript:;) [GENERAL [+]](javascript:;) The band is currently on a world tour with Motley Crue. Officers of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department later arrested 19-year-old Max Edward Hartley of Ohio, who was visiting Florida for Spring Break. Police say the musician suffered an injury when his head hit the ground. Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen assaulted in Florida Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen was knocked to the ground in an attack outside his hotel in Florida on Monday. Allen had performed with Def Leppard at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Sunday, the night before the attack. The police report states Allen co-operated with officers and gave a full sworn statement about the incident. A police report released on Thursday stated Allen was hit by a man who lunged at him in a "full run" and "knocked him backwards." The report states the unnamed female attempted to escape by running back into the hotel but was grabbed by her hair and hauled back out into the street. Allen, 59, was in Fort Lauderdale with the band for a show with Motley Crue when he was assaulted while standing outside the Four Seasons Hotel smoking a cigarette.

The drummer for Def Leppard was assaulted Monday night at a Fort Lauderdale hotel he was staying at following a show in South Florida.

He was caught a short time later after he was seen damaging vehicles in the parking garage of a nearby hotel, the police report said. The report did not indicate a motive for the attacks. When a woman came out to help Allen, Hartley attacked and knocked her to the ground as well. Allen, an English-born drummer who joined Def Leppard in 1978, was injured in a New Year's Eve car crash in 1984 that resulted in his left arm being amputated. Rick Allen, 59, was standing in the valet area at the Four Seasons Hotel having a cigarette when another man ran up and attacked him, Miami television station WSVN reported. The police report does not identify Allen by name but notes that the victim of the attack lost his left arm in a traffic accident in 1984.

Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen was assaulted outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, on March 13, by a 19-year-old ...

Max Hartley was charged with multiple offences including battery and abusing an elderly or disabled adult.

For a full list of dates, visit the 19-year-old Hartley, an Ohio resident, is believed to have been in the area on a visit for Spring Break. The suspect then fled the scene for another hotel where police caught up with him.