Jada Pinkett Smith is dealing with a $3 million lawsuit from Bilaal Salaam, a longtime affiliate of Will Smith, who claims she threatened him at a non-public birthday occasion and later tried to sabotage his life and profession.

The grievance, filed in California, accuses Pinkett Smith of confronting Salaam at a movie show in September 2021 throughout her husband’s birthday celebration. According to the submitting, she arrived with a bunch of about seven individuals and allegedly issued a chilling ultimatum.

“While in the lobby, Jada Pinkett Smith approached Plaintiff with approximately seven members of her entourage, became verbally aggressive, and threatened Plaintiff by stating that if he continued ‘telling her personal business,’ he would ‘end up missing or catch a bullet,’ and demanded he sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) ‘or else,’” the lawsuit states, as reported by Page Six.

Salaam, who claims to have been near Will Smith for practically 4 many years, says the confrontation didn’t finish there. One of Pinkett Smith’s associates allegedly adopted him to his automotive whereas persevering with to concern verbal threats.

The authorized submitting additionally particulars what Salaam describes as a marketing campaign of retaliation. He says Pinkett Smith and her staff turned in opposition to him after he declined to help with disaster administration following the notorious Oscars incident in March 2022, when Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on live television.

“Plaintiff refused to perform tasks he believed were illegal, unethical, or morally compromising, stating his conscience would not allow him to be involved in any cover-up or deceptive PR campaign,” the lawsuit continues.

Salaam additional claims that after he started engaged on a “whistleblower memoir” and gave a 2023 interview that included private claims about Will Smith’s personal life, the threats escalated. Pinkett Smith publicly instructed sex-claims/”>TMZ she would take authorized motion in opposition to Salaam over the interview’s content material.

However, the lawsuit alleges, “Defendant never filed a lawsuit. The statement was false, reckless, and made with malicious intent to manipulate public opinion and damage Plaintiff’s character.”

Salaam’s authorized staff says he has suffered important hurt, together with monetary loss, emotional misery and harm to his well being, repute and livelihood. He is searching for $3 million in damages.

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