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Comedian beaten: Police make arrest after 89-year-old D’yan Forest was hit from behind


Comedian beaten: Police make arrest after 89-year-old D’yan Forest was hit from behind

PROSPECT HEIGHTS (WABC) — Police have arrested a woman suspected of being responsible for a beating attack on comedian D’yan Forest.

Brittney Bullock, 30, was arrested in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.

According to police, Bullock attacked the comedian and Guinness World Record holder on July 10 shortly before 9 a.m. in the West Village.

According to police, Forest was approached by the woman and hit in the right eye before falling to the ground.

Bullock apparently fled on foot across Bank Street.

Meanwhile, Forest was being treated at Lenox Hill Greenwich Village.

The police charged the woman with assault and illegal possession of stolen goods.

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