The musician, who is currently on tour with the rock band, revealed he was knocked to the ground while having a cigarette in March of this year.
Rick Allen has revealed he was blindsided when he was attacked outside a hotel in Florida following a concert earlier this year.
« I heard a couple of steps and then I just saw this (flash) and the next thing I knew was I was on the ground, » the Def Leppard drummer, 59, told ABC’s Good Morning America in an interview broadcast on Monday.
« I landed on my backside – hit my head on the pavement. »
Def Leppard were in Fort Lauderdale to perform at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino when Allen was attacked on 13 March while smoking a cigarette outside a hotel.
Police arrested Max Hartley, a 19-year-old from Avon, Ohio, who has pleaded not guilty to two counts of battery and four counts of criminal mischief, according to court records.
