From People
A musician is suing Will Smith and his company for sixual harassment, alleging wrongful termination and retaliation.
Professional violinist Brian King Joseph filed a complaint at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Dec. 30 against the Bad Boys star, 57, and Treyball Studios Management, Inc.
The complaint claims that Smith “was deliberately grooming and priming Mr. Joseph for further sixual exploitation” after inviting Joseph to join his global tour, Based on a True Story: 2025, in November 2024.
It details an alleged “traumatic series of events” in March 2025, amid Smith’s tour, in which Joseph claims that he discovered that someone had entered his Las Vegas hotel room with no signs of forced entry. Evidence “of a sixual threat of violence” allegedly included a handwritten note reading, “Brian, I’ll be back...just us,” with a drawn heart and signed, “Stone F,” as well as “wipes, a beer bottle, a red backpack, a bottle of HIV medication with another individual’s name, an earring, and hospital discharge paperwork belonging to a person unbeknownst to” Joseph.
Joseph alleges he "feared that an unknown individual would soon return to his room to engage in sixual acts" with him, according to the complaint.
Following Joseph reporting the incident to hotel staff, a local non-emergency police line and Smith’s management team, the complaint alleges, a member of the tour management team later “shamed” Joseph and told him he was being terminated. Another violinist allegedly was hired to assume the same position on the tour, per the complaint.
The incident caused Joseph “severe emotional distress, economic loss, reputational harm, and other damages,” including “PTSD and other mental illness as a result of the termination,” reads the complaint.
8 comments:
These lawsuits are getting tired.
Vegas hotels have cameras that face scan. They know who entered your room at all times.This story is BS
It looks like he already been groomed.
Chris Rock is still mad. That cry baby yuck mouth goofy is trying his best to harm Will's reputation.
HIV medication?
Guess?? So the person broke in his room and left a PrEP bottle
10:57
That part.
Been turned out for free for years, now trying to get a payday.
Pre-Groomed.
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