Sheriffs visit Will Smith’s house after Oscars incident

Will Smith’s house was visited by Los Angeles sheriffs on Tuesday, two days after the actor slapped Chris Rock on stage during the 2022 Oscars.

The 53-year-old actor’s Calabasas mansion was visited by LA sheriffs at 2.40 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Splash News (29 March).

Deputy Lizette Salcon of the LA County Sheriff’s Department said police arrived at Smith’s house when someone reported a drone flying across the neighbourhood.

Deputy Salcon could not say whether the complaint was filed by someone from the Smith residence.

“We just sent that unit over there to try to locate the drone and see if there was a paparazzi or what was going on,” Salcon told us, “but when the deputies got there, they weren’t able to locate the drone. It had already left the area.”

While Rock, 57, has decided not to press charges, many have wondered if Smith, 53, would face legal consequences for physically assaulting the comic over a G.I. Jane joke directed at Smith’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia.

“The [Los Angeles] city attorney could bring charges based upon the evidence without necessarily relying upon the victim,” According to The Washington Post, Steve Cooley served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from 2000 to 2012.

“The victim does not control whether or not a prosecutor should file charges,” Cooley continued, “However, charges actually can and should be filed because the offense was against the state of California. It’s not Chris Rock versus Will Smith in a criminal matter. The LAPD and the city attorney should not close the door on what was an obvious criminal offense and is easily provable.”

Smith apologised for slapping Rock at the Oscars on Monday (March 28).

“I was out of line and I was wrong,” read his statement.

The King Richard star admitted that jokes are a part of his public life, and that “violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive”.

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