SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The man accused of throwing a banana peel at comedian Dave Chappelle during a New Mexico performance is headed to court.
Jury selection is scheduled for Sept. 23 for the trial of Christian Englander, Assistant District Attorney Anastasia Martin told the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper Monday (http://goo.gl/rRyQ9I ).
Englander, 31, has been charged with disturbing the peace and battery after the fruit-throwing disturbance in March while Chappelle was on stage at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe.
The petty misdemeanors each carry a jail sentence of up to six months and a possible fine of $500.
Englander had acknowledged throwing a peel from a banana he had eaten earlier because he took offense to jokes that Chappelle made about his companion, according to police.