Kevin Hart has become the victim of an extortion attempt to the tune of millions of dollars, and TMZ have reported the FBI is on the case and already have a suspect.
According to the report an anonymous person contacted Hart’s representation and provided a sexually explicit video showing Kevin and a woman in a provocative situation.
The person who provided the video is demanding a multi-million dollar amount in return for keeping the video private.
Now, Hart has made a heartfelt plea via social media apologising for his ‘bad’ behaviour.
In the clip, aimed at the stars pregnant wife, Eniko Parrish, and his two older children – Heaven, 12 and Hendrix, 9, Hart admits to a ‘bad error in judgement’ and said an unidentified person was trying to make ‘financial gain’ over his mistake.
‘I’m at a place in my life where I feel like I have a target on my back,’ Kevin said in the Instagram post. ‘And because of that I should make smart decisions. And recently, I didn’t.’
‘Sending so many apologies to my wife and kids,’ Kevin concluded. ‘I gotta do better and I will. I’m not perfect and I never claimed to be… I love you all.’