Jada Pinkett Smith has filed court documents to dismiss a $3 million lawsuit from Bilaal Salaam, a former friend of her husband Will Smith. Salaam alleges that Jada threatened him in 2021 over family matters. Jada denies the claims, calling them false and part of a harassment campaign.
Oh honey, the Smith family drama just won't quit! Jada Pinkett Smith is clapping back hard in court against Bilaal Salaam, who slapped her with a $3 million lawsuit back in November 2025 for intentional infliction of emotional distress. According to TMZ, Salaam, who's been tight with Will Smith for 40 years, claims the trouble kicked off after he turned down a gig helping with Will's "crisis management" post that infamous Oscars slap on Chris Rock in March 2022.
Fast forward to September 2021—wait, timelines a bit fuzzy there, but Salaam says Jada cornered him at a birthday party and laid down the law: if he kept "telling her personal business," he'd end up "missing or catch a bullet." He alleges she then pushed for a non-disclosure agreement to zip his lips about the threats. Messy? Absolutely. But Jada's firing back in her February 16, 2026 filing, demanding the whole suit gets tossed out as "false, uncorroborated and made to generate attention as part of an ongoing public campaign of harassment directed at" her and her family.
The "Girls Trip" icon insists Salaam's just punishing her for her "constitutionally protected speech on a matter of intense public interest about her family." She points out she never even dropped his name in her public chats and accuses him of a total fixation on the Smiths. Jada wants zero payout for him and her legal fees covered to boot. Salaam originally sought those $3 million in damages, but Jada's like, nope—not today.
Sources close to the case via TMZ spill that this is all tied to Jada's open book on family tea, but she's drawing a firm line here. So, is this lawsuit DOA, or will the courts serve more Smith saga? 🔥
