What is going on with Jussie Smollett??

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What is going on with Jussie Smollett??

#1 Post by Artemis » Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:59 pm

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What a bizarre story. If it's true that Jussie Smollett orchestrated his own attack, um, why??
Is he mentally ill? A way to get publicity?

https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/02/ ... MxUOBXJahI

Grand jury assembled in Jussie Smollett investigation, police believe he rehearsed attack: Report
A grand jury will soon hear testimony over allegations that the Empire actor filed a false police report


The tables have turned in the Jussie Smollett investigation to the point where a grand jury has reportedly been assembled to decide whether the Empire actor orchestrated his own attack.

According to TMZ, a grand jury will soon hear testimony over allegations that Smollett filed a false police report, a felony that carries a three-year prison sentence.

Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo, the two Nigerian brothers and Empire extras who say they conspired with Smollett to orchestra the attack, will testify before the grand jury later this week, TMZ adds.

Smollett initially told police that he was attacked by two men outside a Subway restaurant in Chicago during the early morning hours of January 29th. The 36-year-old actor, who is openly gay, described the assailants as white men wearing ski masks, who asked Smollett if he was “that f***ot Empire n*****?” before attacking him with a rope and bleach. As they fled the scene the men yelled, “This is MAGA country!” according to Smollett.

In reality, the Osundairo brothers say they rehearsed the attack with Smollett in the days prior. They told police that they scouted a location where they believed a camera would capture the attack. During the actual attack, one of the brothers held the rope and poured bleach while the other wore a plain red hat and yelled slurs at Smollett, CBS Chicago reports. The Osundairo brothers say the plan was never to seriously injure Smollett and they described the contact made with his face as “weak.”

Police say the Osundairo brothers purchased the rope found around Smollett’s neck at a hardware store in Chicago, while they bought a red hat — in the style of a Trump MAGA hat — at a beauty supply store.

The brothers agreed to cooperate after police threatened to charge them with battery, according to Chicago’s FOX 32.

In a statement released over the weekend, Smollett’s lawyers said their client “is angered and devastated by recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with.” The statement continued, “He has now been further victimized by claims attributed to these alleged perpetrators that Jussie played a role in his own attack. Nothing is further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise is lying.”

Smollett’s attorneys went on to say one of the “purported suspects” is a personal trainer that Smollett worked with and “it is impossible to believe this person could have played a role in the crime against Jussie or would falsely claim Jussie’s complicity.”

Police are seeking a follow-up interview with Smollett, and Smollett’s attorneys say he is cooperating. However, no interview has been scheduled as of publication.

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Re: What is going on with Jussie Smollett??

#2 Post by kv » Mon Feb 18, 2019 3:44 pm

Rumor has it his character was about to be written out of his show....so this was his great plan to prevent it

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#3 Post by creep » Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:48 pm

he needs to be in jail.

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#4 Post by crater » Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:34 pm

It seems like it's no different than when Morton Downey Jr. was allegedly attacked in a San Francisco airport bathroom by a bunch of skinheads, who then painted a swastika on his face. Shame that swastika was put on backwards because Morton actually used a mirror to put it on his own face :lolol:

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Not too many people may remember that, or even remember him, but being from the Bay Area I remember it like it happened last week.

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#5 Post by kevin » Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:10 pm

Replace the “J” with a “P” and that’s what he’s acting like. A drama queen pussy pouring flames on the divisiveness of America.

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#6 Post by Pandemonium » Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:06 pm

The story didn’t seem right from the start. Smollett gets attacked at 2am during one of the coldest nights in downtown liberal Chicago by two whites guys who happened to have a rope and bottle of bleach shouting racial and anti-gay slurs and of course “MAGA Country.” And Smollett won’t turn over his phone for a few hours for the investigation before he “cleaned” info off it? Ohhhh, kay.

The ultimate end game of this debacle is that Smollett inadvertently punked the mainstream media, left wing political and celebrity liberals. People like Colbert, Roberts, Walters, Harris, etc who almost joyfully jumped to conclusions, especially to link this to Trump and his supporters slink away from this with egg on their faces. I wonder how embarrassed and pissed Robin Roberts is that Jussie did a one on one interview with her and lied to her face just a couple days before his scheme fell apart. I'm sure most of these people and organizations will simply ignore how this turned out and offer nothing in the way of contrition, waiting for the next act of social outrage to wag their fingers at.

Chicago PD and the FBI put an enormous amount of resources into investigating this case that undoubtedly took away from more deserving cases like local daily Chicago homicides. Smollett's stunt which is actually a racial hate crime has not only destroyed his own career and hopefully will cost him some jail time, but he's probably screwed the careers of his manager and several other outspoken supporters on his show, which itself will likely get the ax now, prematurely costing the jobs of hundreds of staff. Not to mention he set back race and LGBT issues who knows how far.

Perhaps the greatest irony is Smollett's engaged the services of one of Michael Cohen’s criminal defense lawyers. I expect Jussie to get charged by the end of this week.

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#7 Post by Pandemonium » Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:24 am

He's surrendered to CPD this morning after they issued an arrest warrant. CPD didn't mince words in a press conference today, they are pissed. It also appears he paid the Nigerian guys to write the letter and send it to his show. It's also come out that this isn't his first offense, he used his brother's name in a DUI stop 10 years ago. What an idiot.

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#8 Post by clickie » Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:08 pm

Some of the media still says "if" it's a made up story. Things have gotten so pc lately that everyone looks silly

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#9 Post by lollapaloser » Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:13 pm

Someone at my work said they think he is trying to start a race war. This person at my work got that from facebook. Fucking idiots.

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#10 Post by clickie » Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:20 pm

The guys fucked and I dont feel bad he tried to make the city look bad and screw over a bunch of credible victims and his lawyer was calling
anyone who didn't believe them a liar.

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#11 Post by chaos » Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:53 am

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https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/0 ... tner=IFTTT

Jussie Smollett's Attorneys Say All Criminal Charges Dropped
By The Associated Press
March 26, 2019

CHICAGO — Attorneys for "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett said Tuesday that charges alleging he lied to police about a racist and homophobic attack have been dropped.

Smollett attorneys Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes said in a statement that Smollett's record "has been wiped clean." Smollett was indicted on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men.

A spokeswoman for Cook County prosecutors didn't immediately respond to messages requesting comment.

Police and prosecutors have said the black and gay actor falsely reported to authorities that he was attacked around 2 a.m. on Jan. 29 in downtown Chicago because he was unhappy with his pay on the Fox show and to promote his career.

Smolett, who is black and gay, plays the gay character Jamal Lyon on the hit Fox TV show that follows a black family as they navigate the ups and downs of the recording industry.

Smollett reported that he had been attacked on his way home from a sandwich shop. Smollett said two masked men shouted racial and anti-gay slurs, poured bleach on him, beat him and looped a rope around his neck. He claimed they shouted, "This is MAGA country" — a reference to President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan. He asserted that he could see one of the men was white because he could see the skin around his eyes.

Police said Smollett hired two men, both of whom are black, to attack him. Police said Smollett paid the men $3,500.

The men are brothers Abimbola "Abel" and Olabinjo "Ola" Osundairo, and one of them had worked on "Empire." An attorney for them has said the brothers agreed to help Smollett because of their friendship with him and the sense that he was helping their careers.

Police have also said that before the attack, Smollett sent a letter that threatened him to the Chicago studio where "Empire" is shot. The FBI, which is investigating that letter, has declined to comment on the investigation.


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Re: What is going on with Jussie Smollett??

#12 Post by kv » Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:20 pm

He took some plea deal...he's letting them keep his 10k in bail money and you're bound to see some public address or charity shit from him in return for the clean record

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#13 Post by chaos » Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:03 pm

It's weird because he made a deal, but it was not a plea deal. Yes he voluntarily forfeited his bond, but it seems more of a quid pro quo (forfeit $ - charges dropped). The prosecutor agreed to drop all charges, hence there is no legal record of criminality. You would think she would have at least presented a plea deal first in order to get something on the record. The whole thing is a mess.

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#14 Post by Pandemonium » Wed Mar 27, 2019 4:33 pm

This really smells bad especially after some were calling for an investigation into the DA’s conduct during this case. Smollett apparently did a mere 2 days of community service at Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH organization last weekend. He forfeited his measly $10k bond & all the charges were dropped and anything to do with the case was immediately expunged from record.

There's all sorts of theories swirling about how this came about from influence from high powered "friends" in regards to Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx to the possibility of Smollett threatening to sue Chicago PD over the leaks and allegations he "did it" before any trial. From all accounts, Chicago investigators had a mountain of overwhelming evidence against Smollett. At any rate, it was a secret deal that was done behind a lot of people's backs. Rahm Emanuel was furious yesterday at the news conference.

I think a lot of the outrage in this case this week is that it's been buried right out in the open, in a very public setting for all to see. These people simply do not care. This highlights publicly how grossly corrupt Chicago's political and judicial systems are, and people were already quite aware that these issues run long and deep in Chicago. They can just throw it in everyone's face and believe they'll get away with it. And they probably will. A very high profile case highlighting a deeply rooted problem.

Smollet's team should be a little cautious about celebrating as the Federal investigation and charges are still in play.

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