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Jussie Smollett case to go to grand jury as it's alleged Empire star 'REHEARSED hoax attack
The Daily Mail ^ | February 17, 2019 | MEGAN SHEETS and ARIEL ZILBER and KEITH GRIFFITH

Posted on 02/17/2019 1:42:39 PM PST by conservative98

Jussie Smollett case to go to grand jury as it's alleged Empire star 'REHEARSED hoax attack with two Nigerian brothers who he paid $3,500 to assault him with bleach and a noose'

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

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 02/17/2019 1:42:39 PM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Somebody got they booty in a sling!


2 posted on 02/17/2019 1:44:00 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: conservative98

Always fun to go to the “Worst Rated” comments, always good for a few laughs.


3 posted on 02/17/2019 1:45:36 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: conservative98

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?


4 posted on 02/17/2019 1:46:00 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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All criminal accusations are supposed to go through a Grand Jury.

It is our first check on overzealous prosecutors.


5 posted on 02/17/2019 1:48:02 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Steve_Seattle

UK news blows US news out of the water on most American news stories


6 posted on 02/17/2019 1:48:03 PM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
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.

7 posted on 02/17/2019 1:48:58 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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"All criminal accusations are supposed to go through a Grand Jury."

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.

8 posted on 02/17/2019 1:51:38 PM PST by Enterprise
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[ Jussie Smollett case to go to grand jury as it’s alleged Empire star ‘REHEARSED hoax attack ]

Excellent. Indict this Democrat poofter.


9 posted on 02/17/2019 1:53:31 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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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


So basically this sack of sh*t would have had NO problem if the two men in custody had both been two innocent white men who had absolutely NOTHING to do with anything except being in the area, he would have had NO problem saying “Yeah those are the guys that did it” and sending them to prison for God knows how many years..that is what kind of demon we are dealing with here..someone who despises white people SO badly he would concoct a bogus story just to send innocent people to prison. The cops better lock his ass up!


10 posted on 02/17/2019 1:53:48 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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The two brothers are both strongly opposed to President Donald Trump and fervently pro-LGBT, fellow Empire cast and crew members tell TMZ. Both men are said to be loyal fans of former President Barack Obama. Smollett is said to be close with the brothers and would frequently approach them on set to discuss health and fitness. Colleagues on the tight-knit Empire set said they had a hard time imagining that the Osundairo brothers could have been involved in the kind of homophobic and bigoted attack that Smollett described.

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.

11 posted on 02/17/2019 1:53:59 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: conservative98

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.


12 posted on 02/17/2019 1:55:47 PM PST by lee martell
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SUCKS to be juicy no pun intended...This POS is done and rightfully so


13 posted on 02/17/2019 1:58:24 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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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

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?

14 posted on 02/17/2019 2:00:18 PM PST by Wayne07
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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.


15 posted on 02/17/2019 2:00:46 PM PST by Cassius Flavia Agrippa
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

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!!!!


16 posted on 02/17/2019 2:00:47 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: conservative98
The left still believes him though- facts don't matter to them.
17 posted on 02/17/2019 2:01:11 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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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.


18 posted on 02/17/2019 2:02:05 PM PST by Cassius Flavia Agrippa
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To: Steve_Seattle

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.


19 posted on 02/17/2019 2:03:12 PM PST by SpaceBar
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THIS JUST IN-----PAGE SIX-----NY POST

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?

20 posted on 02/17/2019 2:03:16 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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