Will Smith is going through renewed authorized scrutiny after explosive claims from a former tour musician ignited a severe courtroom battle. 

The Oscar-winning actor has been sued by Brian King Joseph, who alleges sexual harassment and wrongful termination throughout Smith’s Based mostly on a True Story: 2025 tour. 

Whereas Smith has firmly denied the accusations, the lawsuit outlines a collection of occasions that Joseph claims left him emotionally, professionally, and bodily broken.

Will Smith has been named in a lawsuit filed by Brian King Joseph, a violinist who carried out through the actor’s Based mostly on a True Story: 2025 tour. 

Joseph, who gained nationwide recognition as a top-three finalist on “America’s Obtained Expertise” in 2018, claims his skilled relationship with the 57-year-old started after he performed for the star at his residence in November 2024.

In response to courtroom paperwork reviewed by theEvery day Mail, Joseph was then employed to carry out at Smith’s December 2024 live performance in San Diego and later joined the complete tour. 

Throughout this time, he additionally carried out on the “Recent Prince of Bel Air” star’s album “Based mostly on a True Story.” 

Joseph alleges the 2 grew shut over the course of their working relationship, spending what he described as “further alone time” collectively.

At one level, the violinist claims Smith informed him, “You and I’ve such a particular connection that I don’t share with anybody else.” 

The lawsuit alleges that this closeness later turned the muse for what Joseph describes as inappropriate conduct.

In response to the lawsuit, a serious turning level occurred on March 20, 2025, through the first leg of the tour in Las Vegas. 

Joseph alleges he returned to his lodge room round 11 p.m. and found it had been “unlawfully entered” by an “unknown individual.” 

Though lodge safety reportedly discovered no indicators of compelled entry, Joseph says the room had clearly been disturbed.

Inside, he allegedly discovered a handwritten observe that learn, “Brian, I’ll be again no later [sic] 5:30, simply us,” accompanied by a coronary heart and signed “Stone F.” 

The lawsuit additional alleges that the observe was left alongside a number of private gadgets, together with “wipes, a beer bottle, a pink backpack, a bottle of HIV medicine with one other particular person’s title, an earring, and hospital discharge paperwork belonging to an individual unbeknownst to Plaintiff.”

Joseph says the invention terrified him. In response to courtroom filings, he feared that somebody would “return to his room to interact in sexual acts” with him.

Following the incident, Joseph says he instantly contacted lodge safety, a non-emergency police line, and Smith’s administration crew. 

He additionally took images of the gadgets left within the room and requested a room change. Joseph maintains that his issues had been strictly about security.

Within the lawsuit, he states that he “made clear that his solely concern was security and that he didn’t want to obtain any particular remedy or compensation.” 

In response to him, at no level did he search monetary profit or particular favors because of reporting the incident.

The go well with additionally emphasizes that lodge room entry particulars had been shared by way of a spreadsheet given to the band and crew, arguing that solely “crew and lodge employees would have had entry to Plaintiff’s lodge room.” 

This element is used to help Joseph’s declare that the entry was not random or unintended.

Days after reporting the alleged incident, Joseph alleges he was confronted by a member of tour administration. 

In response to his courtroom paperwork, that particular person allegedly “shamed” him and positioned blame straight on him for what occurred.

The 32-year-old alleges the supervisor informed him, “Everyone seems to be telling me that what occurred to you is a lie, nothing occurred, and also you made the entire thing up. So, inform me, why did you lie and make this up?” 

Shortly afterward, Joseph says he was fired from the tour and changed. 

Joseph alleges that the state of affairs helps the declare that Smith was “intentionally grooming and priming Mr. Joseph for additional sexual exploitation.”