Jada Pinkett Smith allegedly threatened to make Will Smith’s ‘boyfriend’ disappear, the lawsuit says

Jada Pinkett Smith threatened an alleged old friend of her husband, Will Smithand told him he would get a bullet if he didn’t close his trap on her… according to court documents.

The actress turned podcaster was sued for $3 million in November 2025 Bilal Salaamwho claimed he was Will’s best friend for almost 40 years and worked closely together on various professional and personal projects.

In the lawsuit, Salaam says Jada approached him with about seven other people in her entourage during a private birthday gathering for Will’s 53rd birthday party at a movie theater in Calabasas, CA, in September 2021.

Salaam claims that Jada “became verbally aggressive” and told him that if he continued to “tell her personal stuff” he would “eventually go missing or get shot.”

Additionally, Salaam says that Jada “demanded” that he sign a nondisclosure agreement “or else” … and then says one of Jada’s associates followed him to his car as they continued to shout “verbal threats.” It is not clear what sparked the alleged argument.

Then, in March 2022, Salaam says he refused to participate in ‘crisis management’ for Will after the actor punched Chris Rock about the face on the Academy Awards stage. Salaam says he turned down the job because he “did not want to perform tasks that he believed were illegal, unethical or morally compromising.”

He claims Jada and Will’s team then launched a “retaliation campaign” against him, which got worse when the famous couple found out he was writing a “whistleblowing memoir” about his time with them.