Will Smith Accused Of Co-Signing Jada’s Death Threat

Bilaal Salaam claims Will Smith backed Jada’s death threat: “You heard what my wife said,” TMZ reports.

Salaam’s original $3 million lawsuit separately accused Jada Pinkett Smith of confronting him at a September 2021 birthday gathering for Will at a movie theater.

He described a friendship with Will that stretched nearly four decades. In his account, Jada arrived with about seven people and warned that he could “end up missing or catch a bullet” if he kept discussing her personal business.

The original California civil complaint also alleged that Jada demanded a nondisclosure agreement and that one of her associates followed Salaam to his car while making more verbal threats.

Salaam claimed the pressure continued as he worked on a memoir. He also accused Jada and her team of retaliating after he declined to help with Will’s public relations following the March 2022 Oscars.

Salaam discussed the Smiths in a 2023 interview, and Jada publicly said she would take legal action. Salaam’s lawsuit claimed damage to his livelihood and reputation, along with emotional distress and health problems.

Those claimed effects have become a major part of the court fight.

Jada asked for a mental examination lasting five to six hours, arguing that Salaam had made his mental condition central to his case.

She asked doctors to assess whether he had the conditions he claimed and, if so, how much they affected him. He claimed fear had pushed him overseas and cost him a long relationship.

He also cited high blood pressure as one of the effects.

The examination was requested by Jada, who has denied his allegations. Salaam had also tried in August to bring Will into the case as a co-defendant and sought to question him under oath.

Jada had already won the dismissal of some of Salaam’s claims under California’s anti-SLAPP process and an order requiring Salaam to pay $32,836 in legal fees. That ruling left him owing money while other parts of the dispute continued.

In June, Salaam said he was homeless and receiving public assistance as he sought relief from the bill. He asked for a reduction or a payment arrangement. By October, the court had declined to ease that obligation.