1993 April 29, J. Michael Kennedy, “24 Hopefuls chase Texas Senate seat”, in Los Angeles Times, page 5:
Within the last two weeks, though, she has come under fire because of stories that she struck and pinched her employees in the treasurer's office.[…] If polls are to be believed, "Slapgate," as it has been dubbed, has done little to hurt Hutchison.
1993 April 30, Steve Daley, “In Texas election, D.C. is the enemy”, in Chicago Tribune, page 3:
Republicans remain optimistic about Hutchison, despite what Texans call the "Slapgate" affair.
2008 April 28, “Bhajji banned for 11 matches”, in The Hindustan Times, New Delhi:
The slapgate didn't just took Harbhajan in its fold but its fall out were even felt by Mumbai coach Lalchand Rajput, who was fined 50 per cent of his match fee.
2008 May 2, Atreyo Mukhopadhyay, “Sourav a poor sport, says Warne”, in McClatchy-Tribune Business News:
After the slapgate comes another showdown. Just days after the Harbjahan-Sreesanth fiasco, a fresh storm broke in the IPL on Thursday during the Jaipur-Kolkata game, involving two vastly experienced foes.
2008 May 3, Simon King, “A week at a time”, in Weekend Australian, Canberra, page 48:
IN more news from India, it looks like we haven't heard the last of the incident involving that likeable duo of [Harbhajan Singh] and Shantha Sreesanth now being referred to as "SlapGate" and not to be confused with "Slap and Tickle Gate" which involves Ronaldo, three transvestites and a Rio de Janeiro hotel – enough said.
2009 May 9, Dwaipayan Datta, “Sreesanth loses it again”, in The Times of India:
Last year, it was the slapgate episode with Mumbai Indians off-spinner Harbhajan Singh that created many a headline. This time Sreesanth had a tiff on the field with his skipper Yuvraj Singh as Matthew Hayden and MS Dhoni went on the rampage at the Centurion on Thursday.
2011 December 3, “Newswallah: Bharat Edition”, in India Ink[1], The New York Times:
Maharashtra: A new version of “Slapgate”: activists from the student wing of the Shiv Sena party are reported to have slapped a teacher at Manik Vidya Mandir School in Mumbai’s Bandra neighborhood for allegedly assaulting a student (Daily Bhaskar).
2015 April 25, Abhimanyu Mishra, “When Celebs slaps did the talking”, in The Times of India:
Well, we don't want to sit in judgement here. But we bring few of the most famous, or should we say infamous slapgates that celebs were involved in
2022 May 16, “Esteem so fragile? Union minister slams Pawar, Kejriwal on arrests, witch-hunts”, in The Hindustan Times:
"Not an advocate of derogatory comments and posts promoting hate, but the likes of Sharad Pawar and Arvind Kejriwal have taken it too far with slapgates, witch-hunts, arrests and diatribes," Pradhan wrote in another tweet.
2022 March 28, “Smith slaps Rock: Academy says it does not 'condone violence'”, in The Telegraph, Calcutta:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has reacted to the infamous slapgate incident involving actors Will Smith and Chris Rock during the Oscars ceremony, saying that it does not support "violence of any form".
2022 March 29, “Will Smith-Chris Rock have made peace after Oscar 2022 slap, confirms Diddy: ‘They’re brothers’”, in Indian Express, Mumbai:
Though Will Smith later apologised to the Academy and Rock, the ‘Slapgate’ left fans across the world divided.
2022 April 6, “Will Smith effect: Tennis player slaps opponent after losing match”, in Kashmir Monitor, Sprinagar:
A video of a French Tennis player slapping his opponent in the face after losing a match is going viral on social media with many calling it the Will Smith effect in reference to the Hollywood actor's famous ‘slapgate’ at the Oscars recently.
2022 May 1, Luisa Tam, “How to tell whether an open relationship is right for you”, in South China Morning Post, Hong Kong:
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Since Will Smith’s “slapgate” controversy at the Academy Awards ceremony, the juicy details of the Hollywood A-lister’s open marriage have again come under public scrutiny.
2023 October 13, Samantha Olson, “Jada Pinkett Smith Says She Was Seen as an "Adulteress" After Oscars Slap”, in Aol Cosmopolitan[2]:
Days after SlapGate ensued, Will was banned from attending Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences events—including the Oscars—for 10 years.
