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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No wonder he was fired from his acting job. He is lying bigot.
Follow the money. There’s evidence of the payoff somewhere.
Where on the statement did he deny paying them $3500? The blanket denial doesn’t mention that specific point.
VA still has a few seats to fill.
“Empire star . . . “ “star”? Looks like that’s the only part of his fantasy that’s going to work.
>>He thinks he can "act" his way out.
Indeed. But at this point, having gone this far, what else is left for him to do?
Wait for his exclusive interview on MSNBC, where he cries torrents of sad tears, explaining how he just felt he had to highlight the terrible racism of Trump and white America, etc etc.
The black female interviewer will also be nearly in tears, as she nods in understanding and hands him a kleenex.
See 28, that’s his next move.
But I also see a head-down perp walk in his future, with a jacket hiding his handcuffs in front.
Like an episode in a Matt Bracken novel, LOL.
Take a lie detector.
I’ve been busy on Twitter demanding an apology from all the politicians and celebretards who have been using this hoax to tag Trump supporters as racist, especially Kamalatoe Harrass who immediately did it the second this story broke.
I just watched the montage of liberals and liberal MSM labeling this a modern day lynching by white Trump supporters.
The one that stood out most for me? Good ol Rev. Al Sharpton.
Putting his foot in his mouth yet again, decades after the Twana Brawley false allegations of four white men raping her. The good ol Rev. was right there to spew his racism against...white folk.
We need not even push back...they've truly uncovered themselves yet again.....as FAKE NEWS!
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”
So, if I paid someone to attack me and got caught, I would deny it too. I don’t doubt he paid them, but I don’t believe that he paid them to physically attack him. I believe that he paid for their services on a more intimate level.
Let this incident be a warning to the average citizen that your cell phone and financial records are not private or secure.
So, in addition to being a race-baiting, worthless, talentless POS, he’s also a welcher.
He promises to pay his two buds to carry out the hoax then doesn’t pay them.
:-)
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