Sources say Will Smith & Jada Pinkett-Smith are livid about Bilaal Salaam’s $3 million lawsuit that claimed the actress threatened the previous good friend’s life after his allegations that Will had intercourse with Duane Martin.
As BOSSIP beforehand reported, Salaam (aka Brother Bilaal) filed a grievance on Dec. 1, alleging that the Women Journey star pulled as much as the Regency Calabasas Commons in September 2021 to intimidate him. The lawsuit claims that she had about seven individuals as backup when she warned “that if he continued ‘telling her private enterprise,’” he would “‘find yourself lacking or catch a bullet.’”
The facility couple has stayed largely quiet on the frenemy fallout since 2023. Jada went viral with the “We suing!” response to the salacious intercourse story about Will. Across the identical time, she spoke to The Breakfast Membership concerning the “ridiculous” rumors, which she dismissed as a “shakedown.”
“And this an individual that attempted a cash shakedown that didn’t work. We’re going to take authorized motion as a result of it’s one factor to have your opinion about any person versus simply making up salacious, malicious tales. That’s actionable so we gonna roll with that,” she mentioned.
Plainly two years later, the defensive diva is maintaining that very same vitality in gentle of the brand new lawsuit. Insiders near the couple advised PEOPLE, “They’re actually mad and say it’s lots of crap.” They added that Brother Bilaal is “an opportunistic particular person out to use them.”
Brother Bilaal alleged that Jada tried to power him to signal a nondisclosure settlement “or else.” The submitting states she adopted him to his automobile as he tried to depart, “whereas persevering with to challenge verbal threats.” He claimed that the ways escalated right into a “retaliatory marketing campaign” from the Matrix franchise star and her associates after his stunning interview with Tasha Okay.
Will’s childhood good friend appeared on Unwine With Tasha Okay to say that he walked in on the Oscar winner having intercourse with fellow actor Duane Martin in 2023. Now, Brother Bilaal is suing for $3 million as a result of he claims Jada’s response inflicted emotional misery.
Regardless of Jada’s 2023 admission of a seven-year separation, she has been married to Will for 28 years. They confirmed no plans to divorce and seem to stay a united entrance and household amid this new authorized battle.
Nevertheless, it’s unclear what precipitated the rift between the King Richard star and his lifelong good friend.
“Bilaal has been near Will for a few years however someday alongside the way in which grew to become a blabbermouth which has upset each Will and Jada,” one other nameless insider revealed. “Like some other high-profile individuals, they don’t wish to hear about their lives within the public area. Particularly in a controversial manner.”
The supply echoed Jada’s shakedown claims concerning the lawsuit, saying it “was tailor-made to provide some cash to make it go away.”
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