Martin Kove denies sexual harassment claims on 'Cobra Kai' set: 'IT WASN'T TRUE'

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“Cobra Kai” actor Martin Kove has been hit with another misconduct accusation.

Hot off the heels of an incident at Summer Con fan convention in Puyallup, Wash., last weekend in which Kove reportedly bit Cobra Kai co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim’s arm, Kove is now being accused of sexual harassment on the set of the Netflix series in April 2024.

According to Deadline, a sexual harassment complaint was lodged against Kove by a female extra, who claims the actor was leering and behaving in a way that was overt enough for her to go to Sony Pictures Television to address her concerns about how Kove made her feel uncomfortable.

Deadline reported that Sony conducted an initial on-site review of the allegations, finding them serious enough to warrant further investigation. The initial investigation saw studio reps speaking to the extra and reaching out to others involved in the production of the final season of Cobra Kai.

Seeing that there may have been inappropriate behaviour, Sony reportedly talked to Kove directly and was “read the riot act,” according to an unnamed Deadline source.

Kove was reportedly told by Sony reps and Cobra Kai producers to stay in his trailer as they tried to sort out what was happening on set. While the actor was never asked to leave the set, he was encouraged to apologize to the extra, although it’s unknown whether that happened.

Any conversation between Sony and Kove didn’t result in punishment for the actor, Deadline reported.

Speaking via his manager, Kove denied the allegations of inappropriate behaviour, noting if “there was something to confess, I would be the first to say it.”

“It wasn’t true then, and it isn’t true now,” said Kove, declining to answer further questions about the alleged 2024 on-set incident.

Kove also avoided punishment for the Summer Con incident this past weekend after Hannah-Kim declined to press charges. Kove reportedly tried to kiss his co-star and bit her arm, leaving visible teeth marks and drawing blood.

Kove, along with his son, was asked to leave the convention and escorted out of the building. He publicly apologized to Hannah-Kim.

“I deeply regret and apologize for my actions regarding the incident with Alicia, a genuinely kind and wonderful person who didn’t deserve to be put in this position,” Kove said.

“I’ve always respected her and considered her a highly professional and talented co-worker on Cobra Kai. I was being playful in the moment but went too far and there is absolutely no excuse for my behaviour. I regret my actions for which I take full responsibility for what I did, and again I apologize to her and her husband. I’m committed to learning from this and it will never happen again.”