The incident that took place at Washington State's Summer Con began after Alicia Hannah-Kim tapped the shoulder of the actor, who plays the antagonist sensei John Kreese.

“When 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,” an officer who was assigned to VIP security at Washington State Summer Con wrote in the report. “Once Martin Kove finished biting her arm, he grabbed her arm again and began kissing it where he bit her.”