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Empire star Jussie Smollett DENIES he paid two Nigerian brothers $3,500 to attack
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Posted on 02/17/2019 5:20:53 AM PST by TigerClaws

Empire star Jussie Smollett has furiously denied paying two Nigerian brothers $3,500 to attack him and says he is 'angered and devastated' after investigators in Chicago claimed he orchestrated his own assault.

Smollett’s attorneys, Todd S. Pugh and Victor P. Henderson, told Entertainment Weekly: 'As a victim of a hate crime who has cooperated with the police investigation, Jussie Smollett is angered and devastated by recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with.

'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.'

THE FULL STATEMENT FROM JUSSIE SMOLLETT’S ATTORNEYS Lawyers Todd S. Pugh and Victor P. Henderson issued the following statement on Jussie's behalf on Saturday night: 'As a victim of a hate crime who has cooperated with the police investigation, Jussie Smollett is angered and devastated by recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with. 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.

'One of these purported suspects was Jussie’s personal trainer who he hired to ready him physically for a music video. It is impossible to believe that this person could have played a role in the crime against Jussie or would falsely claim Jussie’s complicity.

'Jussie and his attorneys anticipate being further updated by the Chicago Police Department on the status of the investigation and will continue to cooperate. At the present time, Jussie and his attorneys have no inclination to respond to “unnamed” sources inside of the investigation, but will continue discussions through official channels

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To: joma89
$7k is pushing the legal limit for cash withdrawals under the Patriot Act.

Any other cash withdrawals within what, a couple of months or so of this one?

41 posted on 02/17/2019 6:16:36 AM PST by OKSooner (Whichever one you already have, go buy the other one and then you'll have both.)
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To: TigerClaws

The media can “deem” he was attacked. The Dems set the precedent.


42 posted on 02/17/2019 6:17:31 AM PST by Kudsman (The left consists of abnormals and they hate being reminded of it. Poor snowflakes.)
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To: All

Watta an act---crying that he's been outed.
Gets an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Faux Hate Crime.

43 posted on 02/17/2019 6:19:57 AM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: arthurus

and that MAGA hat wearing kid
Is the poster boy for
Conservatives.
I hope he hits “The Lotto,”
Biggly!


44 posted on 02/17/2019 6:23:12 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: TigerClaws

A blatantly homosexual black guy.
With some clothesline around his neck.
And bleach stains on his clothing.
Holding a Subway sandwich.
In Boys Town, that is called “Tuesday night”


45 posted on 02/17/2019 6:25:57 AM PST by Bernard (We will stop calling you fake news when you stop being fake news.)
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To: Travis McGee

22 Full time detectives plus uniform guys working on this. And add in FBI agents who were involved in the search of the apartments and “crime Scene”


46 posted on 02/17/2019 6:28:34 AM PST by EC Washington
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To: Travis McGee

Hope you’re right.


47 posted on 02/17/2019 6:31:27 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: TigerClaws

On the left, Justin Smollet. On the right, the MAGA Hat Bleach Gang.
48 posted on 02/17/2019 6:31:50 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Flick Lives

If you want to see JS’s TDS, check out his twitter response to a DJT tweet - WARNING: bad, nasty, deranged thoughts/launguage. ‘Motivation’ for his hoax implicating DJT supporters? Here it is - insane hate.

https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/arh1w0/sorry_pedes_but_i_dont_believe_the_jussie/


49 posted on 02/17/2019 6:33:26 AM PST by Qiviut (McCain & Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP!)
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To: Travis McGee

"...torrents of sad tears..."


Thank goodness this absurd hoax fell apart.
Had a white guy with a red baseball cap been walking his dog in the vicinity using a leash made of similar rope...he would be in jail awaiting trial.
Being a leftwinger is pretty easy. Do whatever you want. If things don’t go as expected, just deny. If things go really unexpectedly, just apologize.


50 posted on 02/17/2019 6:34:22 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Lurker

Paul is not gay and black.


51 posted on 02/17/2019 6:34:24 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: \/\/ayne

“This is Mandingo country!”


52 posted on 02/17/2019 6:35:17 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Lurker

I think if this had been just a friend helping him, with no cash involved....cops and prosecutor would have let it go eventually. Once the two Nigerians admitted cash profit...he was screwed. He could have offered me $300, and I would have roughed up enough.


53 posted on 02/17/2019 6:35:27 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: All
THIS JUST IN-----PAGE SIX-----NY POST
Almost immediately after swhat 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?

54 posted on 02/17/2019 6:43:50 AM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: TigerClaws

They’re going to need a bigger bus if those two Nigerians are expected to fit under it.


55 posted on 02/17/2019 6:44:19 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: TigerClaws

So Smollett’s attorneys proclaim that they aren’t inclined to respond to “unnamed sources” while obviously … responding to “unnamed sources”. Suggest they read “Credibility for Dummies”.


56 posted on 02/17/2019 6:45:46 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: TigerClaws

He did it to promote the TV show


57 posted on 02/17/2019 6:51:00 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: TigerClaws

The “actor” obviously is a mentally unbalanced nitwit who can’t face the reality of his own loser status. What a dishonest, integrity-free loser.


58 posted on 02/17/2019 6:55:13 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Travis McGee

Is it not possible that the brothers did this on their own for some reason? Perhaps they have some axe to grind.


59 posted on 02/17/2019 6:59:07 AM PST by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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To: marajade
I bet you Chicago PD already has his bank records.

I hope so. That would mean they are likely moving to file charges against him. That is the only other thing I want to hear about Jussie Smollet...that he will be perp walked into a Chicago PD precinct house. I'm not holding my breath.

60 posted on 02/17/2019 7:01:40 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Atrophy of science is visible when the spokesman goes from Einstein to Sagan to Neil Degrasse Tyson.)
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