Kevin Hart Extortion Drama: Everything We Know About It So Far

Kevin Hart has found himself in a quite the situation.

The comedian is currently dealing with some serious issues as he’s being extorted for millions of dollars, while working on apologizing to his family and fans for the scenario that contributed to him landing in this position in the first place.

Saturday evening, Hart posted a video to his Instagram page to apologize to his wife, Eniko Parrish, and kids, as well as vaguely explain what’s going on.

“I gotta do better and I will. I’m not perfect and have never claimed to be ...I love you all,” he captioned the video.

The 38-year-old actor started off the video by expressing his feelings about where he is in life and about a particular situation that happened in the past, as well as the current aftermath of that scenario.

“I’m at a place in my life where I feel like I have a target on my back,” Hart said at the start of the video. “And because of that I should make smart decisions. And recently, I didn’t. You know, I’m not perfect. I’m not going to sit up here and say that I am or claim to be in any way, shape or form. And I made a bad error in judgment and I put myself in a bad environment where only bad things can happen and they did.”

The actor revealed that although he is sorry that he hurt his wife and kids, the people closest to him, and that he’s apologized to them, he’s not going to let anyone take advantage of him and the situation.

“But I’m also not going to allow a person to have financial gain off of my mistakes and in this particular situation that was what was attempted,” Hart continued. “I said I’d rather fess up to my mistakes.”

While he never directly states what the error he’s referring to entails, TMZ has reported that a woman is trying to extort seven or eight figures from Hart over a video that reportedly shows him and the woman in a “sexually provocative situation.”

The celebrity-focused website described the video as first showing Hart and the woman getting close and cozy, then cuts to a bedroom where no one can really be seen, but noises that sound sexual in nature can be heard, followed by a naked man getting dressed. TMZ has stated that the man at the end of the video has not been actually identified.

The woman supposedly asked for the millions of dollars in order to keep her quiet and the video, which sources told TMZ was filmed on an iPhone, safe from the world. Hart’s Instagram video looks to be a very-public response to her extortion plan and his way of saying that he won’t be paying the money.

The FBI is now involved in the issue and has a suspect in the case, though it is unclear if the woman in the video and the person demanding to be paid are one and the same, according to TMZ.

There has been no other word from the actor regarding this situation. While he’s normally very active on all social media platforms, he hasn’t posted anything to his accounts since his apology video on Saturday.