Posted on 02/24/2019 2:16:46 PM PST by PBRCat
Actor Jussie Smollett’s character on “Empire,” Jamal Lyon, may disappear during this season’s final two episodes because of charges he faked his own racist, homophobic attack.
But it hasn’t stopped Fox from requesting security and traffic-control assistance from Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office when it films scenes for an “Empire” episode Wednesday at Paw Paw Woods.
“It just seemed beyond the pale this request would come on the heels of Smollett being charged yesterday,” said a spokesman for Dart’s office.
“They wanted to know if we had officers available,” said the spokesman. “They claimed they may be doing some stunt driving, but did not mention Smollett,” according to the spokesman.
OPINION
“And they also volunteered to pay the security costs from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. that day.”
Will Smollett’s character die in a car accident if they decide to permanently erase him from the Empire series?
Sneed also hears mega attorney Mark Geragos has now become the main attorney for Smollett; the Chicago lawyers are no longer on the team.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
“Illinois taxpayers should haven’t to pick up the tab.”
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They aren’t,Fox is.
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Scott Peterson’s attorney, wasn’t he? What an ambulance chaser.
THE HOAX PATROL!
“Empire” star Jussie Smollett might as well save some big money and publicly apologize to Chicagoans for allegedly orchestrating a hoax that squandered the city’s resources.
While he’s at it, he should also apologize to the real victims of hate crimes, and to Trump supporters for depicting them as racists and homophobes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/hateful-publicity-stunt-lands-empire-star-jail/amp/
I was thinking his character should be lynched in a faked racist attack gone wrong...
Why are they even requesting extra security? Are they implying they are getting death threats from “Trump supporters” or something?
Yes, IIRC, he was and yes, Geragos IS an “ambulance” and fame chaser.
There's a scene in Bonfire Of The Vanities (the book, not the movie) where an African-American guy is in jail, and asks for a public defender. Some time later, a young African-American lawyer shows up, tells him he's there to represent him.
The defendant takes one look at him and says "I want a Jew."
You'd think that Fox would have their own private security, instead of having to tap the local PD's.
It also completely disrupts places where they do this, which is WHY most filming is usually done late at night or very early in the morning; though there have been many examples of when that was not done as well.
When the movie THE BLUES BROTHERS was filmed in and around Chicago, it was done as I stated above.
When FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF was filmed in Chicago, the night scene with the car going into Lake Michigan, that was done VERY late at night at a Yacht Club off Lake Shore Drive on the North side.
They mentioned traffic control——I think public streets may be involved,but this type of thing is done all of the time.
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That’s creative!
Nope...local police are ALWAYS present when a movie or a T.V. series if filmed in Chicago and NYC, as well.
From the article:
“And they also volunteered to pay the security costs from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. that day.”
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Exactly right. Something the Fox network would do.
Maybe Fox was involved in this hoax from the get go.
No car goes into Lake Michigan in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Perhaps you're thinking of Risky Business., in which a Porsche 928 turns into a U-Boat.
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