LOS ANGELES — Oscar presenter Chris Rock has declined to file a police report over actor Will Smith slapping him during the live broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony and the LAPD is not investigating the incident at this time, the department said in a release Sunday night.
“If the party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report,” the statement said.
Actor and comedian Rock was presenting the best documentary Oscar when he made a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, saying that she could appear in the movie"G.I. Jane,” apparently alluding to her shaved head. Pinkett Smith earlier disclosed she had developed a hair loss condition.
