Overview
- Ishaan Sharma, 21, allegedly grabbed Keanu Evans by the throat aboard a Frontier Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Miami on June 30.
- Upon landing at Miami-Dade International Airport, Sharma was arrested on battery charges and sustained a laceration over his left eye that required medical attention.
- Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Gerald Hubbart set Sharma’s bond at $500 and issued a 500-foot stay-away and no-contact order against him.
- Defense attorney Renee Gordon told the court that Sharma was merely meditating, a explanation prosecutors have disputed.
- Authorities have not determined a clear motive for the unprovoked attack and the investigation remains ongoing.