Could the Academy Actually Expel Will Smith Over Oscars Slap?

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statement. “We have officially started a formal review around the incident and will explore further action and consequences in accordance with our Bylaws, Standards of Conduct and California law.”According to the Academy’s Standards of Conduct, adopted four years ago in response to the #MeToo movement and the expulsion of Harvey Weinstein over sexual assault charges, disciplinary action against Smith could range from a private reprimand to explusion from the Academy and the revocation of the Best Oscar he won for “King Richard.”The standards outline what is deemed as “unacceptable conduct” for members — including “physical contact that is uninvited” — and lists the potential discipline Smith could face for this unprecedented incident in Oscars history.Smith’s onstage attack on Rock after the comedian made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, could fall under several provisions of the Rules of Conduct, from the ban on uninvited physical contact to the broader decree, “Members should act in a manner consistent with the good reputation of the Academy.”Academy rules give the Board of Governors broad leeway in the penalties they can levy, although there’s no precedent for revoking an Oscar because of personal conduct.

Only one Oscar has been revoked, in 1969, when “Young Americans” won the award for Best Documentary Feature but was then found to have been exhibited publicly in October 1967, which made it ineligible to receive an award for the films of 1968.

Three weeks after the Oscar ceremony, the award was taken away from “Young Americans” and given to the second-place film, “Journey Into Self.”On Sunday night, Academy governor Whoopi Goldberg voiced her opinion that Smith would not lose his Oscar over the.