Stephen A. Smith Blasts Jay-Z’s Friends for Staying Silent Amid False Assault Allegations: “Where Are Y’all At?” [Video]

Stephen A. Smith continues to stand by Jay-Z and is questioning why those close to him remained silent when he was wrongly accused of sexually assaulting a minor.

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Smith went off on Jay-Z’s associates for their silence amid the now-dismissed lawsuit linking him to Sean “Diddy” Combs and the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl.

“Most of us would have let our lawyers handle this, we would have shut up and stood quiet,” Smith said on “The Stephen A. Smith Show.”

“And to the people that have smiled in Jay-Z’s face, supposed to be his friends, where are y’all at?” he asked.

Expressing his frustration, Smith added, “If y’all ever handle some stuff with me the way that some of these people handled stuff with Jay-Z, y’all can kiss my a** and you go to hell. Because at the very least somebody should be able to say, ‘I’ve known Stephen A. for 20, 25, 30, 40 years, nah I can’t see him doing that.’”

Smith emphasized that the “Song Cry” star had to defend himself when others wouldn’t.

“Ain’t like he was silent. Ain’t like he was hiding and leaving others to talk for him. He spoke and said, ‘I’m innocent this isn’t true,’ and nobody could stand up and say, ‘Nah, that brother that I know, I couldn’t see that.’”

Jay-Z’s court filing claims attorney Tony Buzbee “placed a gun to my head” with false allegations, causing $20 million in lost contracts and significant emotional distress.