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Will Smith is dealing with authorized hassle.
The actor/rapper has been sued by violinist Brian King Joseph, who’s accusing the famous person and his firm of sexual harassment and wrongful termination.
In his official paperwork, Joseph names Smith and Treyball Studios Administration as defendants and claims Smith is responsible of “predatory conduct” and “intentionally grooming and priming Mr. Joseph for additional sexual exploitation” whereas on his Based mostly on a True Story: 2025 Tour this previous spring.
In accordance with the civil grievance, the America’s Received Expertise alum was invited in November 2024 to affix Smith on the controversial tour, which kicked off its run in Las Vegas in March.
As their relationship grew nearer, Smith allegedly instructed Joseph that “you and I’ve such a particular connection, that I don’t have with anybody else,” amongst different related remarks that induced Jones to query to rapper’s intentions.
Joseph additionally says he went to his Las Vegas lodge room one night — which had been booked by Smith’s firm — to search out some had “unlawfully” entered the room.
As soon as inside, he supposedly found wipes, a beer bottle, a bottle of HIV remedy with one other particular person’s identify, and hospital discharge paperwork belonging to a different individual.
Joseph interpreted this as a warning that “an unknown particular person would quickly return to his room to interact in sexual acts” with him.
Smith, in fact, has been out of the highlight for a pair years now… ever since he slapped Chris Rock on stage on the Academy Awards in 2022.
We nonetheless can’t imagine that occurred.
Again to the lawsuit, nevertheless:
Jones says his employment was terminated days after the aforementioned incident, with Joseph stating that he was instructed by administration that they had been “transferring in a special course.”
He alleged, although, that he was shortly changed by one other violinist in the identical place.
Per the authorized paperwork, Joseph additional alleges that Smith was “grooming and priming” him “for additional sexual exploitation” since their first assembly in November 2024.
The lawsuit claims that, because of the firing, Joseph suffered from PTSD and financial loss.
He’s suing for retaliation, wrongful termination and sexual harassment, and that damages be decided by a jury.
Smith, who believes he’s been canceled because of his pores and skin colour, has not but commented on this lawsuitl
