Oscar 2022 Producer Reveals Police Offered To Arrest Will Smith

Oscar
2022
producer
Will
Packer
has
opened
up
about
what
went
behind
the
scenes
after
Will
Smith
slapped
Chris
Rock
on
the
94th
Academy
Awards
stage.
Will
Packer
on
Thursday
(March
31,
2022)
said
that
Los
Angeles
police
were
present
at
the
Dolby
Theatre
and
offered
to
arrest
actor
Will
Smith
after
the
incident.

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Earlier
this
week,
the
LAPD
had
revealed
a
statement
saying
that
no
arrests
were
made
because
Chris
Rock
declined
to
press
charges
against
Smith.
Producer
Packer
revealed
the
same
in
an
interview
with
ABC’s
Good
Morning
America.
He
said,
“They
were
saying,
you
know,
this
is
battery,
was
a
word
they
used
in
that
moment.
They
said,
we
will
go
get
him.
We
are
prepared.
We’re
prepared
to
get
him
right
now.”

Packer
said
that
police
were
discussing
options
with
Rock
who
was
“being
very
dismissive
of
those
options
He
was
like,
‘No,
no,
no,
I’m
fine.'” Packer
then
told
the
comedian,
“Rock,
let
them
finish.
The
LAPD
officers
finished
laying
out
what
his
options
were
and
they
said,
‘Would
you
like
us
to
take
any
action?’
And
he
said
no.
He
said
no.”

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On
the
other
hand,
after
Oscars
2022
ceremony
was
over,
the
LAPD
released
a
statement
saying,
“LAPD
investigative
entities
are
aware
of
an
incident
between
two
individuals
during
the
Academy
Awards
program.
The
incident
involved
one
individual
slapping
another.
The
individual
involved
has
declined
to
file
a
police
report.
If
the
involved
party
desires
a
police
report
at
a
later
date,
LAPD
will
be
available
to
complete
an
investigative
report.”

Smith
who
won
the
Best
Leading
Actor
award
on
the
following
day,
apologised
for
his
behaviour
saying
he
was
“out
of
line” and
he
had
“reacted
emotionally”.