New trouble in Seattle for comedian Katt Williams

BY Tim Haeck  on January 21, 2013 @ 3:11 pm (Updated: 3:48 pm - 1/21/13 )

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Comedian Katt Williams, already charged with two counts of assault in Seattle, is wanted for another crime linked to a performance here in December. (AP Photo/file) | Zoom
Comedian Katt Williams, already charged with two counts of assault in Seattle, is wanted for another crime linked to a performance here in December.

The Los Angeles comic and actor with a recent history of arrests, failed to appear in court in Seattle last month after he was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault following a bar fight Dec. 2. He's accused of throwing chairs and hitting a man over the head with a microphone during a performance at World Sports Grille.

Now the Seattle City Attorney has filed another misdemeanor charge of harassment. A spokeswoman for Peter Holmes says the charge stems from a confrontation at the same bar on the same weekend. A charging document claims Williams used obscene language and threatened two people "creating a substantial risk of assault," according to the criminal complaint.

Williams was arrested recently in Los Angeles for failing to appear for arraignment in a case involving evading a police officer. Bail was set for that case at $100,500. The Seattle City Attorney is seeking bail of $5,000 claiming Williams has been arrested more than 15 times in the last year.

Tim Haeck, KIRO Radio Reporter
Tim Haeck is a news reporter with KIRO Radio. While Tim is one of our go-to, no-nonsense reporters, he also has a sensationally dry sense of humor and it will surprise some to learn he is a weekend warrior.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    This is just as "important" as Mrs Owebama's bangs.
    January 21, 2013 3:33 pm
    ....
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  • CH wrote...
    must bee -
    January 21, 2013 4:16 pm
    you took time to comment on it!!
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  • maplefish wrote...
    To bad for Katt
    January 21, 2013 8:52 pm
    The guy is funny, but what a train wreck. Didn't he perform for King & Queen Obama today???
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  • C"mon Man wrote...
    "He was set up"
    January 21, 2013 11:04 pm
    The old stand by.
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  • hpitantso wrote...
    Po Po
    January 22, 2013 1:35 am
    Please try to stop assigning all blacks to your Owebama's images now that would be important.
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