Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after on the Academy Awards stage.

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The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday nightB次元官网网址檚 ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined comment Thursday on PackerB次元官网网址檚 interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.

against Smith for violations against the groupB次元官网网址檚 standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.

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Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.

Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after , Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.

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The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.

for the first time, but only briefly, at the beginning of a standup show Wednesday night in Boston, where he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He said B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 still kind of processing what happened.B次元官网网址�

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