Chris Rock refused to press charges or have Will Smith removed from the event after the actor slapped him on stage, according to Oscars producer Will Packer. The LAPD was ready to arrest Smith, but Rock dismissed their offer and asked them to leave him alone.

Will Smith hit Chris Rock on stage after a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, but LAPD was ready to take him into custody. Oscars producer Will Packer said he intervened and prevented Smith's removal from the ceremony.

Will Packer, who produced the 2022 Academy Awards, said the Los Angeles Police Department was prepared to arrest Will Smith until Chris Rock declined to press charges. The incident sparked a disciplinary proceeding against Smith by the Academy board.

Police were ready to arrest Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday, but Rock said no, show producer Will Packer said.

Los Angeles police officers were “prepared” to arrest Will Smith following his physical attack on comedian Chris Rock at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, but Rock told police he did not want them to...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.

Chris Rock has decided not to file a police report against Will Smith after the King Richard actor hit him in the face onstage at the Oscars on Sunday — at least for now.

After Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage Sunday at the Academy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles police officers were prepared to arrest Smith, according to an interview with the...

Oscars producer Will Packer told “Good Morning America” that Los Angeles police were prepared to arrest Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock during Sunday’s awards ceremony.