The incident occurred in the distant 1989 in the hometown of Will in Philadelphia. He quarreled with the promoter of the record company Charles Alston, after which he asked his bodyguard to deal with the offender. As a result, Alston was in the hospital with a bone fracture near the left eye. Smitht was arrested for participating in beating, he was accused of an attack with aggravating circumstances and criminal conspiracy. However, before the court did not come. "Will spent the night in a police station chamber in Western Philadelphia with other prisoners who were constantly awakened him to take an autograph," said Insider. - It was the worst night in his life. He wants to forget that it once happened. "
Will Smith himself denies his guilt in what happened. Several years ago in one of the interviews, he stated: "It was not my fault. Everyone say otherwise. But it was not my fault. It all remained in Philadelphia. One of my bodyguards broke the guy, and I was there. This is my version, and I insist on it. "