Actor Will Smith’s ex-wife Shelly Zampino has filed a lawsuit in opposition to Smith’s former colleague Bilal Salam, alleging that he made false and deeply hurtful statements about her private life throughout a tv interview.
Based on court docket paperwork obtained by TMZ, Zampino is presently in search of greater than $1 million in damages, alleging that Salaam made outrageously offensive, surprising and dangerous statements about her whereas showing on Tasha Okay’s “Unwine with Tasha Okay” collection.
The grievance notes {that a} promotional clip from the Could 4 interview was shared on social media platforms and included textual content wherein Zampino claimed he had slept with everybody in Hollywood. Zampino stated Salam repeated and amplified these claims in the course of the interview and maintained that the claims have been fully false.
Zampino stated in her submitting that the feedback triggered her humiliation, embarrassment, emotional misery and emotional misery. She is suing for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional misery underneath California legislation, and can be in search of punitive damages and authorized prices.
Salaam has publicly described himself as a member of Will Smith’s circle for practically 40 years, and has made a number of controversial public claims about Smith and people near him in recent times. He’s additionally concerned in a separate authorized dispute with Jada Pinkett Smith, who’s in search of the dismissal of a $3 million lawsuit filed by Salaam alleging intimidation and retaliation.
Zampino and Will Smith have been married from 1992 to 1995 and have a son, Trey Smith.
