Will Smith hasn’t only battled cheating rumors for years, he’s also fought persistent speculation he’s gay.
Now a bankruptcy investigation into his rumored male lover, actor Duane Martin, might point to some hush money.
A trustee in the proceedings claims Will and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith “paid big bucks to help the Martins protect their assets,” RadarOnline.com writes.
In 2014, Duane and his wife Tisha Campbell supposedly organized a $2 million short-sale of their family’s California home.
It seems “100% of the short sale price” was funded by a third party named “Treyball.”
The under-wraps lender has reportedly been identified as Will and Jada’s own financial advisor, Todd Gelfand.
While it’s possible the more famous duo was helping their pals through a difficult time, Duane’s alleged behavior points to something much more scandalous.
When the bankruptcy trustee demanded access to the Real Husbands of Hollywood star’s laptop the 51-year-old and his spouse, 47, refused.
For weeks, the couple “raised every excuse in the book” not to hand over the device until the trustee “signed an air-tight NDA,” insiders say.
Duane and Tisha gave a highly suspicious reason for their actions, saying, “The laptop also contains … personal photos… which are confidential [and] privileged.”
The pics were described as “confidential communications with other public figures regarding private, non-financial matters.”
If that’s not enough, the couple revealed they were afraid of “disclosing private information not pertinent to the instant case [that is] highly sought after by tabloid publications.”
Could Will and his $2 million be that tabloid-friendly public figure?
After so many eyebrow-raising turns in this investigation, the Suicide Squad star’s out-of-character honesty about his marriage woes may have just been a distraction.
