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Random Things and Random Thoughts episode 119: Former AGT contestant is going after this Philadelphia native.

January 2, 2026·59 min·4 clips

Former America's Got Talent season 13 top-three finalist Brian King Joseph filed a lawsuit alleging he found a handwritten note reading 'Brian I'll be back just us' with a drawn heart in his Las Vegas hotel room while on Will Smith's 2025 tour.

1. Random Things and Random Thoughts host Lindsie Rodgers reacts to a People magazine article about violinist Brian King Joseph's lawsuit against Will Smith, linking it to a separate Twitch incident involving another former America's Got Talent contestant. 2. Lindsie Rodgers is the sole host; no guests appear in this episode. 3. The episode's core question is whether Brian King Joseph's allegations against Will Smith are credible, and what consequences Smith should face as a Philadelphia 76ers minority owner. 4. Brian King Joseph, an electronic violinist who placed in the top three of America's Got Talent season 13 in 2018, filed a complaint on December 30th at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles against Will Smith and Traid Ball Studios Management Incorporated. 5. The complaint alleges that Joseph discovered evidence of a planned SA in his Las Vegas hotel room while working on Smith's Based on a True Story 2025 tour, including a handwritten note reading 'Brian I'll be back just us' with a drawn heart and signed 'Stone F.' 6. Additional alleged items in the hotel room included wipes, a beer bottle, a red backpack, a bottle of HIV medication with another individual's name on it, an earring, and hospital discharge paperwork belonging to an unknown person. 7. Joseph's complaint states he feared an unknown individual would return to his room to engage in SA, and that he reported the incident to hotel staff, a non-emergency police line, and Smith's management team. 8. After reporting the incident, Joseph alleges a tour management member shamed him and told him he was terminated; another violinist was hired to replace him on the tour. 9. The incident caused Joseph 'severe emotional distress, economic loss, reputational harm, and other damages including PTSD and other mental illness,' according to the complaint. 10. Smith's attorney Alan B. Grodsky called the allegations 'false, baseless and reckless' and said the firm would use 'all legal means available to address these claims and ensure that truth is brought to light.' 11. The Joseph lawsuit followed a separate $3 million lawsuit filed December 1st by former associate Bilal Salaman, also known as Brother Bilal, against Jada Pinkett-Smith, which an entertainment source described to People as the act of 'an opportunistic person out to exploit them.' 12. Lindsie speculates that whoever planted the hotel room items may have been a tour staff member with HIV who used the incident as a 'hazing ritual,' without attributing the act to Will Smith directly. 13. The host notes that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith are listed as minority owners of the Philadelphia 76ers on the team's official website, and argues Josh Harris should consider removing them. 14. Lindsie transitions to a second topic: the November 2024 incident on Kai Sanat's Mafia-thon 2 Twitch stream involving magician Max Major, who she notes was also a former America's Got Talent contestant. 15. According to Wikipedia, Max Major performed a stunt on November 26th using a Jeopardy-style button that Sanat had not been informed of; Major later claimed Twitch approved the stunt, but Sanat banned all magicians from his streams and said Major refused to return to apologize. 16. Dan Clancy, Twitch's CEO, is called out by Lindsie for approving or failing to prevent the stunt, which she compares to a previous incident involving streamer Emiru. 17. Lindsie says she briefly interacted with Max Major on social media and found him 'kind of cool' but is now 'horrified' by the stunt he pulled on Kai. 18. The episode is delivered as a solo meandering commentary, with Lindsie reading from People and Wikipedia, frequently losing her train of thought and correcting herself mid-sentence. 19. Listeners interested in celebrity gossip, America's Got Talent alumni, and Twitch streaming incidents will find this episode most relevant. 20. Those seeking structured analysis or commentary without extended sponsor interruptions may find the format frustrating.

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A frantic, opinionated reaction to a messy allegation story, with uncertainty baked in.

This episode follows a host working through a messy allegation story in real time, with fairness, rumor, and the chance of a setup all left hanging in the air. Its appeal is the plain, reactive way she keeps circling the same knot from different angles.

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