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Alicia Hannah-Kim is publicly speaking out after her Cobra Kai<\/a>\u00a0co-star\u00a0Martin Kove<\/a>\u00a0apologized for\u00a0biting her arm<\/a>\u00a0at a fan convention.<\/p>\n In an Instagram video shared Sunday, Hannah-Kim thanked everyone for their support before diving into the \u201cserious incident.\u201c<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cNo one wants to be attacked at work or anywhere really. And I don\u2019t think anybody would think this is normal or warranted or acceptable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n She added, \u201cI just think that when you are confronted with something like this, it\u2019s good to stand up for yourself. It\u2019s an important choice to make. I think it\u2019s the good choice to make. I also want to express that this does not represent my experience with the show at large. I think everybody can tell that it\u2019s a really good vibe and a great cast. And everybody else is delightful. I don\u2019t want this to affect your love for the show. Feel free to love on it as hard as you want.\u201d<\/p>\n According to an incident report filed by a Puyallup police officer and\u00a0obtained by\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the biting occurred after Hannah-Kim approached her former co-star Kove at Washington State\u2019s Summer Con in Puyallup last week and tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Alicia did this, Martin Kove suddenly grabbed her arm and bit her upper arm so hard it nearly drew blood, and she yelled out in pain. Once Martin Kove finished biting her arm, he grabbed her arm again and began kissing it where he had bit her (Alicia had a very noticeable bite mark on her arm that was already turning blue and bruising),\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n When Kove was confronted about the assault by Hannah-Kim and her husband, the report states that Kove \u201cexploded on them, saying something to the effect of how dare they confront him, and he did not do anything wrong.\u201d\u00a0Kove later admitted to bitting Hannah-Kim, but said \u201che thought he was being funny.\u201d<\/p>\n Kove has since issued a public apology<\/a> to his co-star. \u201cI deeply regret and apologize for my actions regarding the incident with Alicia (Hannah-Kim), a genuinely kind and wonderful person who didn\u2019t deserve to be put in this position,\u201d Kove said in a statement to\u00a0TMZ<\/a>, sent from Jaffe & Co. Crisis Management.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve always respected her and considered her a highly professional and talented co-worker on\u00a0Cobra Kai. I was being playful in the moment but went too far and there is absolutely no excuse for my behavior. I regret my actions for which I take full responsibility for what I did, and again I apologize to her and her husband. I\u2019m committed to learning from this and it will never happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n During the fifth and sixth seasons of Cobra Kai, Hannah-Kim portrayed Kim Da-Eun. Meanwhile, Kove reprised his role as John Kreese \u2014 the antagonist from the 1984 film The Karate Kid \u2014 in the Netflix spinoff series.<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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