Kevin Hart admits drug-filled night in Vegas before 2017 cheating scandal

Kevin Hart admitted to taking the hallucinogenic drug Molly the same weekend he cheated on his wife, Eniko, in 2017 while she was pregnant with their first child. The confession came to light through a transcription of Hart’s deposition, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on August 6, as part of Jonathan “JT” Jackson’s lawsuit against Hart.

During the deposition, Hart explained that he was pressured by a friend to take the drug despite his initial reluctance. “No, I don’t really f–k with drugs like that,” he told his friend. Eventually, he gave in: “F–k it, I said, and I put it in my drink. I had some water there. It was watered down. Because it’s in my drink, I’m fine.”

The night progressed as Hart met Montia Sabbag, the woman he would later sleep with in Las Vegas. He mentioned that he brought her and another woman, Morgan, to his hotel room. Morgan eventually left, leaving Hart and Montia alone. Hart claimed that he didn’t have sex with Montia that night but did the following morning when she woke him up.

In his deposition, Hart described the encounter as Montia attempting to “get closer to the [hidden] camera” that recorded the sex tape allegedly used to extort him. Hart suspected that the camera was placed in advance by someone, as he never felt Montia leave the bed.

A year after the tape was filmed, Hart’s friend Jackson was arrested and charged with two felony counts of extortion, though the charges were eventually dropped in 2021. Subsequently, Jackson filed a lawsuit against Hart, claiming that Hart fabricated evidence and violated a settlement agreement.

According to Jackson’s lawsuit, he and Hart had a carefully-negotiated settlement agreement in July 2021. Hart was supposed to publicly declare Jackson’s innocence regarding the sex tape scandal. Jackson claimed Hart was expected to say that the scandal cost him “a very valuable friendship” and that Jackson “had nothing to do with it.”

Instead, three months later, Hart posted on Instagram that Jackson had “been found not guilty” because “those charges have been dropped against him.” Jackson contended that Hart’s statement did not unequivocally clear his name or restore his reputation.

As a result, Jackson is seeking more than $12 million in damages and a trial.

Source: Page Six