Surveillance footage leaked last week showing comedian Corey Holcomb striking fellow comic Cristina Payne outside a comedy club in December of 2024 outside the Hollywood Improv in California. In a clip obtained by The Bizi Room, the two comedians appear to be engaged in a confrontation outside of the venue. Payne told TMZ she and Holcomb had been roasting each other when he suddenly became angry and hit her. She also claims Holcomb had a firearm and had been threatening to assault her for months.
“I feel like Cory’s like threatened or tried to silence me or like where it’s like I’ve been in fear for my life, literally. I’m not able to leave the house sometimes.” Payne said in a tear-filled eight-minute interview with the celebrity news and gossip outlet. “It’s horrible the way he treats women, the way he talks about us, and then to the point where it’s like, really, you’re going to hit me because I’m telling you about God, and you need to change your ways. It’s just horrible, and I’m just disappointed in how nothing was done.”
Payne also says she’s now afraid to leave her home as the investigation continues.