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The actor of “Cobra Kai”, Martin Kove, explained his reasoning to bite his co-star.
In newly published bodycam images obtained by Fox News Digital, Kove, 78, told the police why he bit the actress Alicia Hannah-Kim, 37, in an alarming moment to Summer Con in Puyallup, Washington, June 22, 2025.
“You can’t bite people. It’s not ok,” Puyallup police told Kove.
Martin Kove was withdrawn from Summer Con after having pretended to have bitten the co-star of “Cobra Kai”
Alicia Hannah-Kim said Martin Kove bit his arm and then began to kiss the area he bit. (Images Roger Kisby / Getty for Netflix)
Hannah-Kim sounded and supported: “It’s an assault”.
“And it’s 100% if she wants to continue accusations. I would like to understand why you did this,” the police told Kove.
The lively meeting occurred outside a building, because Hannah-Kim seemed visibly upset by the situation and wanted an explanation of the actions of Kove.
Watch: Martin Kove explains why he bit his co-star of “Cobra Kai” in images of bodycam
“I played just because we are very fun together, and I bit too loud, and I just wanted …”, he explained, while Hannah-Kim looked at the police with disbelief.
“She has a brand on the palate,” said the authorities in the images of Bodycam.
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According to a report by Puyallup police department, Hannah-Kim approached an officer in the VIP zone after Kove took his arm and bit him “so hard that he almost did blood” Variety.
“No, we don’t play like that,” added Hannah-Kim and shook her head. Kove has apologized again.
Police images continued with the actress showing her marks of Kove bite, while the people of the video agreed that there was a visible brand of bite.
From left to right, Tanner Buchanan as Robby Keene, Xolo Maridueña in the role of Miguel Diaz, Ralph Macchio like Daniel Larusso, William Zabka like Johnny Lawrence, Martin Kove as John Kreese in “Cobra Kai”. (Curtis Bond Baker / Netflix © 2025)
“All morning, I thought when she said,” Ow, you hurt me “,” said Kove, explaining his side to the officers. He referred to Hannah-Kim’s reaction after having bitten him on his arm strong enough to leave a brand.
“I wanted to come back … and see how she is going,” he continued, adding that another co-star “intercepts her” before he could reach her.
Kove said that he had tried to make amends, saying: “I tried to say that … and to find it when I arrived … Just to say -” I’m sorry, darling. I apologize, I didn’t want to hurt you. “”
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“You know, because we play all the time, we jump, we hit, we do things all the time because it is a female sensei, I am the male sensei,” Koves said about their roles in “Cobra Kai”.
“We have all our scenes together, and we have a lot of fun.”
William Zabka, on the left, and Martin Kove in “Cobra Kai”. (Curtis Bond Baker / Netflix © 2025)
Police images were released after Kove was forced to leave a fans agreement early on the weekend after biting his co-star.
After Kove, Hannah-Kim, he would have let go and started kissing her arm where he had bitten her after screaming in pain. After having spoken to her husband of the incident, the two approached Kove at the fans’ event, after which the report said that he “exploded on them, saying something about how they confronted her.”
According to the report, the actress said to the report that she did not want to file a complaint against Kove, but that she “wanted to have a report in the case of continuing”. Kove was then invited to leave the fans event.
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Fox News Digital contacted representatives for Kove and Hannah-Kim to comment.
Martin Kove is best known for his representation of John Kreese in the 1984 film, “The Karate Kid”. (Albert L. Ortega / Getty Images)
Kove is best known for his representation of John Kreese in the 1984 film, “The Karate Kid”. Kreese is the main antagonist of the film, because he is the owner of the Karate studio who teaches his students not to have “merciless”.
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He resumed his role for the Netflix renewal series, “Cobra Kai”, which resumed 33 years after the events of the original film. Hannah-Kim joined the show of season 6, playing Kim Da-Eun, a South Sensei from South Korea who teams up with Kreese to eliminate a rival studio, who belongs to the former student of Kreese, Johnny Lawrence, played by William Zabka, and his former rival, Daniel Larusso, played by Ralph Macchio.
Lori Bashian of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
