Oscars producer Will Packer: LAPD was "prepared" to arrest Will Smith, but Chris Rock was "dismissive" about pressing charges

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 "They were saying, you know, this is battery was the word they use in that moment," Packer said in an interview with Good Morning America. "They said we will go get him; we are prepared. We're prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options, and as they were talking, Chris was being very dismissive of those options. He was like, 'No, I'm fine.' He was like, 'No, no, no.'"  In a statement released by the LAPD Sunday night, "investigative entities were aware" of the incident that happened between Rock and Smith during the show, but "the individual involved has declined to file a police report."

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