Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen addresses violent attack for the first time
Allen was assaulted by a teenager outside a hotel after a Florida show in March
Rick Allen Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris
Roughly two months after he was violently assaulted after a show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen has addressed the incident in an interview with Good Morning America, where he recalls being “totally blindsided” by the attack.
On March 13, Allen was assaulted outside the Four Seasons hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, shortly after Def Leppard played a show at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel. A woman reportedly attempted to intervene in the assault, but was attacked too, although a police report does not indicate that the woman suffered any serious injuries.