Posted on 02/17/2019 1:42:39 PM PST by conservative98
A grand jury is slated to hear the Jussie Smollett case next week, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation into the Empire actor's alleged hoax attack.
Chicago police insiders told TMZ that authorities are keeping a close eye on two Nigerian brothers, who were arrested and questioned about the attack before being released on Friday, to make sure that Smollett doesn't try to contact them.
Investigators have said they believe Smollett may have paid Empire extras Abimbola 'Abel' and Olabinjo 'Ola' Osundairo $3,500 to assault him in an orchestrated, rehearsed attack on January 29.
Sources say Smollett initially agreed to sign complaints against his assailants, but declined to do so once he heard that Abel and Ola were the men in custody
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Somebody got they booty in a sling!
Always fun to go to the “Worst Rated” comments, always good for a few laughs.
If this is true, why does a British paper have the scoop? And why a grand jury? Do they call a grand jury for every routine crime? Or is the grand jury just a way of getting him off the hook?
All criminal accusations are supposed to go through a Grand Jury.
It is our first check on overzealous prosecutors.
UK news blows US news out of the water on most American news stories
Kind of like what "Radio Free Europe" used to be behind the Iron Curtain.
It varies from State to State I guess. In California, felony accusations go through a preliminary trial, called a "prelim," and a judge decides if there is enough evidence to go to trial. Grand Juries are rarely used in California.
[ Jussie Smollett case to go to grand jury as it’s alleged Empire star ‘REHEARSED hoax attack ]
Excellent. Indict this Democrat poofter.
Sources say Smollett initially agreed to sign complaints against his assailants, but declined to do so once he heard that Abel and Ola were the men in custody
Sounds like an excellent set of motives to me.
It isn't as if we have never seen this before.
There are only hundreds of previous racist/homophobic attack hoaxes.
Who sits on a Grand Jury, regular citizens or something else?
Hopefully, not regular citizens, or this will become another episode of Performance Art in the courtroom.
SUCKS to be juicy no pun intended...This POS is done and rightfully so
Wait, so this piece of garbage agreed to sign a complaint to send two innocent people to jail, and only changed his mind when he found out it was his actual coconspirators that had been arrested?
You or I would be arrested!!!!
Then arraigned the next day, AND THEN the case would go to the grand jury.
He’s getting the kid glove treatment already.
If it’s anti-liberal, the UK usually reports it first...
If it’s anti-conservative, the US Lame Stream Media jumps on it like a horny billy goat!!!!
Regular citizens on the grand jury. Watch the prosecutor throw the case. You or I would already have been arrested and would be forced to post bail.
The reason a british tabloid picked it up is because they’re too chickenshit to report on their own muslim crime wave and acid attacks. Going after the yanks, depicting President Trump in the worst possible light, drooling over their dysfunctional royals, and popping pimples is what they do best.
Almost immediately after what he told cops was a violent, anti-gay and racist attack, “Empire” star Jussie Smollett insisted on going on TV to tell his story, The Post has learned. Smollett was “adamant” that he wanted to appear on ABC’s Good Morning America, said one source with knowledge of the GMA booking decision.
Smollett's case took a dark turn Saturday night, when Chicago police told Fox that they now believe Smollett paid two pals to fake the crime. “When Kim Kardashian was the victim of that horrific burglary in Paris, she closed down, she gave no interviews for months." “But Jussie was adamant; he wanted TV right away. He simply could not wait to villify Pres Trump. He raised his voice, saying, ‘I need to do this right now. I’m a black gay man and people need to know what happened to me. I want to tell my story.’ He wanted media right away.”
During his Feb. 14 appearance, Smollett tearfully told GMA's Robin Roberts about being beaten about the head and berated with racist and homophobic insults. Threatened by the two strangers he said were white,shouting "This is MAGA country n-----er."
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Did Smollet's publicist believe his whacked-out story, or was he in on the scheme to vilify Trump?
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