"Salaam alleges Pinkett Smith once confronted him alongside "approximately seven members of her entourage" in the lobby of a hotel he was at for Smith's private birthday party in September 2021. Salaam claims she said he would "end up missing or catch a bullet" if he kept "telling her personal business" and demanded he sign an NDA "or else," with her team following him to his car and continuing to make "verbal threats" afterward."
"When he refused to get involved in "any cover-up or deceptive PR campaign," he alleges Smith and Pinkett Smith's circle made retaliatory threats. He also claims he later received more threats for working on a "whistleblower memoir" detailing his experience with the Smiths, as well as for an interview that went "viral." In 2023, Salaam alleged on Unwine With Tasha K that he had walked in on Smith engaging in a sexual act with Martin years ago."
Bilaal Salaam, who also goes by Brother Bilaal and has been friends with Will Smith for nearly 40 years, filed a $3 million lawsuit accusing Jada Pinkett Smith of intentional infliction of emotional distress. He alleges a September 2021 hotel confrontation where Pinkett Smith and about seven entourage members threatened him, demanded an NDA, and followed him to his car. He alleges additional retaliatory threats after the 2022 Oscars incident and for refusing to assist with crisis management or a PR cover-up. He claims threats continued over a whistleblower memoir and a viral interview, and says he suffered financial, reputational, and emotional harm.
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