*Montia Sabbag, the woman who was videotaped with Kevin Hart in a sexually suggestive video in 2017, is suing the comedian for $60 million in damages.
Sabbag believes Hart conspired with his friend Jonathan Todd “JT” Jackson (who was later charged with extortion) to secretly film the encounter.
The sexual liaison went down in a Las Vegas hotel room back in September 2017. Sabbag believes Hart and Jackson hid a camera because the “Jumanji” star wanted to film the encounter and then leak it to increase his public persona and “promote [Hart’s] Irresponsible Tour,” Complex reports.
She is suing for negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy. Sabbag is also demanding a trial by jury.
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In 2017, Hart posed a clip on Instagram claiming someone was trying to extort him over the sex video. Jackson was later arrested and charged with extortion, but has denied extorting Hart, per PEOPLE.
“Montia is a crime victim. Someone apparently snuck cameras into Kevin Hart’s private hotel suite in Las Vegas and recorded bedroom images of the two of them,” said Sabbag’s attorney Lisa Bloom. “It is a crime to secretly put cameras in a private place like a hotel room. It is another crime to secretly record people in a private place. It is yet another crime to distribute those images. Montia is the victim of multiple felonies under state and federal laws.”
Bloom added “We invite Mr. Hart to join us in bringing the perpetrator to justice,” Bloom continued. “To the criminal who did this, I say you belong in prison and we are going to find you.”
She also noted plans to meet with authorities over the matter “immediately.”
“Montia and I are not asking for a cent from Kevin Hart. This is not about money,” she said. “We are not suing him. We are not making any claims against him. Kevin Hart appears to be the victim of this criminal, just as Montia is a victim of this criminal.”
Scroll up and watch their press conference via the Instagram embed above.
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