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Man Who Worked with Jussie Smollett Tells Court He was Recruited to ‘Fake Beat Up’ the Disgraced Actor
Breitbart ^ | 1 Dec 2021 | BREITBART NEWS

Posted on 12/01/2021 4:14:53 PM PST by conservative98

A man who worked with Jussie Smollett testified Wednesday that the former “Empire” actor recruited him and his brother to fake a homophobic and racist attack on him in downtown Chicago nearly three years ago.

Abimbola Osundairo said Smollett asked him and his brother “to fake beat him up” and instructed them on how to carry out the January 2019 hoax. Smollett planned a “dry run” and gave him a $100 bill to buy supplies for the staged attack, Osundairo said.

He said he and his brother agreed because Osundairo, who worked as a stand-in on “Empire,” felt indebted to Smollett for helping him with his acting career.

Smollett, 39, is charged with six counts of felony disorderly conduct for making what prosecutors say was a false police report — one count for each time he gave a report, to three different officers. The class 4 felony carries a prison sentence of up to three years, but experts have said if Smollett is convicted he likely would be placed on probation and ordered to perform community service.

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Osundairo said that a few days prior to the attack, Smollett showed him some hate mail he said he received at the “Empire” studio. Jurors viewed the note, which included a drawing of a person hanging by a noose, with a gun pointed at the stick figure and the letters “MAGA,” an apparent reference to then-President Donald Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again.”

He said a few days later that Smollett sent him a text message asking to meet up “on the low,” which he took to meet in private about something secret. Osundairo said when they met up, Smollett asked him “to beat him up” and asked if his brother could help.

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To: Diana in Wisconsin

but experts have said


and just who are these experts we are to beleive?


21 posted on 12/01/2021 4:48:59 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: conservative98

Well that will about do it....


22 posted on 12/01/2021 4:50:04 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: All

The first sign something was amiss: after the so-called “attack,”
Smalley was still clutching his Subway tuna sandwich.


23 posted on 12/01/2021 4:59:23 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: cgbg

Dave Chappelle is even better.


24 posted on 12/01/2021 5:11:21 PM PST by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: conservative98

Fake hate crimes should be considered hate crimes.


25 posted on 12/01/2021 5:12:34 PM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Remember the 2020 backstabbers. No more RINOs ever!)
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To: Lurker

He’ll never see the inside of a cell.
He’s a POS leftist BLMer.


26 posted on 12/01/2021 5:26:58 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Tucker39

Justice for Juicy!!!!!!!


27 posted on 12/01/2021 5:31:25 PM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: conservative98

“Come on jury... Can you really believe a black man?”

Bizarro Defense Lawyer


28 posted on 12/01/2021 5:33:03 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: conservative98

i mean, don’t all white supreme pizzas carry around bleach and clothesline at 3AM???


29 posted on 12/01/2021 6:18:05 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: conservative98

Exactly what Subway store was Juicy referring too for his 2AM sammich urge? Maybe you find an all night Subway at a high traffic convenience store at that time but otherwise highly unlikely.


30 posted on 12/01/2021 8:12:39 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
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To: Tucker39

You are correct—I meant to post the Chappelle link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZXoErL2124


31 posted on 12/01/2021 8:17:35 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Lurker

I hope he gets at least 6 months in the Illinois prison system. He’ll make all kinds of new friends.

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Boyfriends! 🤣


32 posted on 12/03/2021 12:03:52 PM PST by just Grace
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