Watch #AskCarterlaw break down the difference between extortion and blackmail under California law in the context of the Kevin Hart extortion scandal involving the FBI and explains the penalties that the suspect can face if found guilty.

For those just catching up, Kevin Hart issued a public apology on Instagram to his wife and children over an “error in judgement” that he says has resulted in an alleged extortion attempt (Hart does not get into details, but TMZ reported that someone has been threatening Hart with a video that allegedly shows him in a “sexually provocative” position with a woman who is not his wife). “I’m at a place in my life where I feel like I have a target on my back and because of that I should make smart decisions. And recently, I didn’t,” Hart said. “But I’m also not going to allow a person to have financial gain off of my mistakes and in this particular situation that’s what was attempted. I said I’d rather fess up to my mistakes.” According to TMZ, the unidentified woman in the video has allegedly threatened to leak the tape if Hart does not pay her a “multi-million-dollar sum.”

The FBI reportedly has a suspect, though they have not announced whether that person is the woman allegedly attempting to extort Hart or someone who obtained the footage.

The stripper in the center of the scandal show in the above photo taken by TMZ in the sexual video is Montia Sabbag, although she sometimes spells it Montiah Sabagg.

She’s 27, lives in Long Beach, CA and met Kevin during a pretty wild weekend in Vegas back in August and is alleged “traveling stripper”.  Whatever that means (sigh*).  Montia has since lawyered up and vehemently denies that she is the suspect and she also denies that she did not know she was being recorded.

Fast forward to Monday, Eniko Hart refuses to address Kevin’s apology or the revelation of who the stripper is.  She is seen in this garage ignoring reporters questions.

This is the 3rd public cheating scandal that the Harts have had to face in the last 2 months, the first involving Kevin sitting in a car with another women in Miami during his birthday weekend and then in August his former wife Torrei Hart calling Eniko a mistress after Eniko made a comment on social media stating that her marriage to Kevin was already broken when she came along.

What are your thoughts on the scandal?