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Could Will Smith Still Face Criminal Charges Even Without Chris Rock Filing a Police Report?

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declined to file a police report against Will Smith after the actor slapped the comedian on stage at the Oscars, there’s a chance that he’s not out of the woods when it comes to legal liability or criminal charges.In terms of what action the LAPD could take, criminal defense attorney Lara Yeretsian says that if Rock is uninterested in charges being filed, it would take the LAPD claiming something like disturbing the peace for them to bring charges, but such a move would be “highly unlikely.” “Law enforcement is going to walk away from this.

Not with a non-cooperating witness. They need him,” Yeretsian told TheWrap. And while any other criminal charges would be considered a huge surprise, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible.

The idea of “pressing charges” is something of a legal misconception, explains Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers and a former federal prosecutor, and whether Rock chooses to bring a civil lawsuit has little to do with whether any prosecutor for the state decides they want to bring charges against Smith.

Smith stormed the Oscars stage during the live show on Sunday and struck Rock for making a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

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