Overview

• On June 9 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, Hart opened the BET Awards by shutting down after-parties and warning that “that’s where s--- gets slippery.”
• Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution and is standing trial in New York City.
• Witnesses have delivered graphic testimony about the Revolt co-founder’s ‘Freak-Offs,’ including ex Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura’s account of alleged sexual abuses.
• Hart previously hosted one of Combs’s notorious after-parties in 2010 and deflected questions last October when video of the event resurfaced.
• He also quipped about Kanye West’s ‘Sinners’ documentary, joking he’d keep West outside to prevent another onstage altercation.