JUSSIE SMOLLETT'S LAWYER FILES DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST OSUNDAIRO BROTHERS: According to Rolling Stone, one of Jussie Smollett's defense lawyers filed a “malicious prosecution” lawsuit on Friday (March 18th) against brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, claiming recently dismissed defamation claims against him were fabricated “out of thin air,” wasting his time and money. In the paperwork, Mark Geragos says the Osundairo brothers sued him in April 2019 with “frivolous and fraudulent” claims that he defamed them on his podcast Reasonable Doubt_ earlier that month. The new lawsuit further alleged the Osundairo brothers sought to “exploit” their involvement in Smollett’s alleged attack “for shameless self-promotion and monetary gain.” It claims that when the brothers’ allegations against Geragos “did not pan out,” they “tried to monetize their newfound infamy” by launching an NFT collection depicting a Subway restaurant renamed as “Subday.” A lawyer for the brothers stressed Friday that while Geragos and his law firm were dismissed as defendants, a claim in the original lawsuit against Jussie's attorney Tina Glandian was still proceeding to trial.
JAYDA CHEAVES BREAKS UP WITH LIL BABY AGAIN: Jayda Cheaves took to Instagram to reveal that she and Lil Baby have broken up once again. On Friday (March 18th), Jayda posted,”I’m willing to x anybody out for my happiness and peace.” Lil Baby posted”When a MF think they can play wit me.” Jayda responded, “Think they can play with you? Lmfao you played with me for 6 years straight. I text a n***a back now your chest hurt. Bye.” Jayda — who has been off and on with Baby for years, later posted, “I’m for real y’all. lmfao we ain’t gon talk about it. y’all will see.” She also denied texting Bow Wow, saying, “No shade to Bow Wow but where are ya’ll getting that from? It’s not giving that”
'KING RICHARD' STAR AUNJANUE ELLIS SAYS SHE WROTE WILL SMITH A LETTER ABOUT HER PAY AND HE INCREASED HER PAY AND THE OTHER ACTORS' PAY: King Richard star Aunjanue Ellis revealed that she wrote a letter to Will Smith about her pay for the movie and he ended up getting her pay increased as well as the other actors. During a recent radio interview, she said, “I think it’s important that I say this, after you get the job, the fight is not over. You have to fight to get paid, and I did that job and I’m thankful for it, but you know I could’ve gotten paid better, and so I told him this. And he did something about it.” She continued, “Not only did he address that with increasing my pay, but the other actors in the movie also got their pay increased, which is the proof of when black women do well, everybody does well.” She added, “I think it’s important that first of all, people know who this man is and what he did and first of all and also that you know, black women still have to fight to get paid equally, fairly.” Smith was paid $40 million to do the film.