1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Crime Ard hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Dave Mack. 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: Academy Award winning actor Will Smith accused of sexual harassment 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: and deliberately grooming an artist hired to play violin on 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: Smith's Based on a True Story twenty twenty five tour. 5 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: In a lawsuit filed in LA just before the new year, 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: professional violinist Brian King Joseph alleges Smith was deliberately grooming 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: and priming Joseph for further sexual exploitation. Joseph appeared on 8 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: the TV show America's Got Talent in twenty eighteen, and, 9 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: after first performing with Smith in December twenty twenty four, 10 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: was hired to join Smith's twenty twenty five tour. Joseph 11 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: claims the relationship grew even closer when Smith offered Joseph 12 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: a chance to play on multiple tracks on his upcoming 13 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: studio album. In the lawsuit, Joseph claims Smith and plaintiff 14 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: began spending additional time alone, with Smith even telling plaintiff 15 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: that you and I have such a special connection that 16 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: I don't have with anyone else, and other similar expressions 17 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: indicating his closeness to the plaintiff. According to the documents. 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: Joseph allegedly joined the first leg of the tour in 19 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: March twenty twenty five in Las Vegas, where he was 20 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: provided a hotel room booked by Smith and his team. 21 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: He claims no other individuals besides the crew and hotel 22 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: staff would have access to his personal room. The violinist 23 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: claims to place his room key in his bag, which 24 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: was left in a van responsible for transporting the cast 25 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: and crew around after a rehearsal at the venue, management 26 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: allegedly spent hours retrieving the bag. When Joseph returned to 27 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: his hotel room later that evening, he claims to have 28 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: discovered evidence suggesting that an unknown person had unlawfully entered 29 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: the room. Joseph subsequently called hotel security. The lawsuit states 30 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: quote the evidence included a handwritten note addressed to the 31 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: plaintiff by name, which read Brian, I'll be back no 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: later five point thirty just as and then of drawn 33 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: heart stone f Among the remaining belongings were wipes, a 34 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: beer bottle, a red backpack, a bottle of HIV medication 35 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: with another individual's name, an earring, and hospital discharge paperwork 36 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: belonging to a person unbeknownst to the plaintiff, Joseph feared 37 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: that an unknown individual would return to his room to 38 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: engage in sexual acts, and he immediately notified hotel security 39 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: and representatives for the defendant, obtained photo documentation, requested a 40 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: room change, and called the local non emergency police line 41 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: three one one to report the incident. Days later, Joseph 42 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: claimed Smith's team began blaming him for the incident rather 43 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: than being protected against further assault. The complaint states, for 44 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: attempting to understanding plaintiff's complaint, plaintiff was shamed by defendant 45 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: and told that he was being terminated. When the plaintiff 46 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: requested for the reasoning, Tim Miller, acting on behalf of defendants, 47 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: read wrecked the blame for the termination onto the plaintiff 48 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: for flying quote, I don't know. You tell me because 49 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: everyone is telling me that what happened to you is 50 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: a lie. Nothing happened, and you made the whole thing up, 51 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: So tell me, why did you lie and make this up? Unquote? Joseph, 52 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: at the request of Miller, compiled a timeline to explain 53 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: his traumatic series of events that occurred that evening. However, 54 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: following plaintiff's report, in termination, defendant hired another violinist to 55 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: assume the same position on the tour. This hiring strongly 56 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: suggested the defendants stated reason for the termination was pretextual. 57 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: The facts strongly suggests that defendant Willard Carroll Smith the 58 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: Second was deliberately grooming and priming mister Joseph for further 59 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: sexual exploitation. The sequence of events, Smith's prior statements to plaintiff, 60 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: and the circumstances of the hotel intrusion all point to 61 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: a pattern of predatory behavior rather than an isolated incident. 62 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: The lawsuit goes on to state defendants' actions caused plaintiff 63 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: severe emotional distress, economic loss, reputational harm, and other damages. 64 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: Plaintiff was also harmed as a result of the stress 65 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: of losing his job. His health deteriorated, causing major physiological damage. 66 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: Plaintiffs suffered from PTSD and other mental illness as a 67 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: result of determination or Crime and Justice News Next. Authorities 68 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: in Minnesota have arrested a man after his girlfriend was 69 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: found fatally shot on Christmas Eve, which was also the 70 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: woman's twenty sixth birthday. The incident was initially being investigated 71 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: as an attempted murder suicide. Based on the information provided 72 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 1: to the victim's mother, DeMarco Marquis Jones told Tatiana ains 73 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:07,559 Speaker 1: giles mother she had shot him. Tatiana twenty six, found 74 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: dead by Dakota County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to the 75 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,679 Speaker 1: home in Castle Rock, Minnesota. DeMarco Jones arrested in connection 76 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: with her death. When officers arrived at the residence, they 77 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: found Jones at the top of the stairs of the 78 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,679 Speaker 1: second floor with blood on his hands and the back 79 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: of his head. He was in a condition to speak 80 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: to police, notifying them there was a firearm inside the room. 81 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: Ains Giles and Jones shared two children and live on 82 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: the second floor of the home with their children, while 83 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: the victim's mother and brothers lived downstairs. According to a 84 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 1: criminal complaint, ains Giles's mother, who called police, learned about 85 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: what happened from one of her grandchildren. The child ran 86 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: downstairs in fear after hearing a loud noise and demonstrated 87 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: the sound by banging on the wall twice. Both children 88 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: then told their grandmother daddy fell, prompting her to go upstairs, 89 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: where she found Jones on the floor, groaning and saying 90 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: that ains Giles shot him, but then, according to the complaint, 91 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: Jones allegedly admitted that he had shot Tatiana. The woman 92 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: then found her daughter covered in blood with her hands 93 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: in front of her face as if she was protecting herself. 94 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 1: An online obituary says Tatiana was a beloved mother, daughter, 95 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: and sister who enjoyed bonfires July fourth and joking around 96 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: with her siblings. A GoFundMe has been set up to 97 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: assist her children. Jones has been charged with second degree 98 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: intentional murdering connection with Giles's death. Jones bail is set 99 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: at two million dollars. He's currently receiving treatment at a 100 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: hospital while under arrest. The police say that he will 101 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 1: be transferred to the county jail after the hospital clears him. 102 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: For the latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure 103 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 1: to follow the Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast. 104 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 1: Out with this crime Alert, I'm Dave Mack.