The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) is meeting on Friday to consider sanctions against Will Smith after the actor hit Chris Rock at the Oscars on 27 March.
Smith has since apologised and resigned from the Academy, which reportedly prompted the Ampas president, David Rubin, to bring forward a board meeting scheduled for 18 April.
It also emerged that Rubin and the Ampas CEO, Dawn Hudson, held a secret meeting with Smith two days after the Oscars ceremony.
After the incident, in which Smith appeared to take exception to a joke aimed at his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, he went on to receive the best actor award for his performance in King Richard.