Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith 'Are a Committed Team' amid $3M Lawsuit: 'They Have Deep Respect' (Exclusive Source)
- - Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith 'Are a Committed Team' amid $3M Lawsuit: 'They Have Deep Respect' (Exclusive Source)
Charmaine PattersonDecember 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Will Smith's former friend Bilaal Salaam filed a $3 million lawsuit against Jada Pinkett Smith on Monday, Dec. 1
Salaam alleged that Pinkett Smith threatened him in a hotel lobby in 2021, allegedly telling him that if he continued 'telling her personal business,'" he would "'end up missing or catch a bullet'"
An entertainment source tells PEOPLE that Smith and Pinkett Smith "are a committed team," amid the lawsuit
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are a "committed team" amid Smith's former friend's $3 million lawsuit against the actress, an entertainment source tells PEOPLE.
In a lawsuit filed by Bilaal Salaam on Monday, Dec. 1, and obtained by PEOPLE, Salaam alleged that Pinkett Smith threatened him in a hotel lobby in 2021 "by stating that if he continued 'telling her personal business,'" he would "'end up missing or catch a bullet.'"
The source tells PEOPLE that amid the allegations, Smith and Pinkett Smith's relationship "is still good. They spend time together and time apart."
The insider adds that Smith, 57, and Pinkett Smith, 54, "have deep respect for each other and work together as well as sharing a family life."
The King Richard actor and Matrix star each have projects they are working on, the source notes; however, "they are a committed team in their own way. They have put many years into this.”
A film source also tells PEOPLE the two "have a good relationship," adding that they are "both are busy with entertainment projects and other related business interests."
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Will Smith and JadaPinkett Smith in May 2024
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In his filing, Salaam alleged that on Sept. 25, 2021, Pinkett Smith and "seven members of her entourage" confronted him in the lobby of the Regency Calabasas Commons, where Smith was having a private birthday celebration.
She allegedly threatened him and "demanded" he sign a nondisclosure agreement before following Salaam to his car "while continuing to issue verbal threats," the lawsuit claimed.
Salaam also alleged that he was the target of a "retaliatory campaign" after he made "viral" claims in an interview.
In 2023, Salaam claimed on Unwine With Tasha K that he walked in on Smith engaging in a sexual act with actor Duane Martin. Pinkett Smith later called the allegation "nonsense" in a subsequent interview with The Breakfast Club.
The couple see Salaam's lawsuit "as a money ploy to get what they can out of them,” an entertainment source told PEOPLE, calling him “an opportunistic person out to exploit them.”
Pinkett Smith and Smith married in 1997, and in 2023 she announced that the two had been living separatee lives for seven years. They share son Jaden, 27, and daughter Willow, 25. Smith is also father to son Trey, 33, whom he shares with his ex-wife Sheree Zampino.
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