Posted on 12/02/2021 3:57:58 PM PST by conservative98
CHICAGO — Jussie Smollett’s attorneys asked for a mistrial Thursday after the judge called their evidence irrelevant in front of the jury and “physically lunged” at one of the actor’s lawyers.
The odd fracas came in the midst of the defense’s cross-examination of Olabinjo Osundairo, who claims he was paid to help Smollett stage the hate crime, as attorney Tamara Walker grilled him about his alleged homophobia and past derogatory remarks toward suspected gay men.
Osundairo, 30, had just acknowledged he used the word “fruity ass” to refer to a man he suspected was gay and Walker asked if Smollett, who is openly gay, knew he’d said such things in the past.
Judge James Linn called the line of questioning “collateral” in front of the jury, indicating it didn’t have any relevance to the crime Smollett’s on trial for because it was from a past event, prompting Walker to ask for a sidebar.
While the attorneys were conferring with Linn, Walker claimed he “physically lunged” at her when she presented the motion for a mistrial, a claim the justice vigorously denied and was not witnessed by The Post.
“When you said the word mistrial on these grounds frankly I was stunned you’d even consider a mistrial based on this,” Linn said.
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Let me guess, the judge also threw bleach on the lawyer and hung him with a noose while screaming “This is MAGA Country”
I read minstrel for mistrial.
Pathetic desperate defense attorney. Needs sanctioning. This is like stuff from a TV show.
That must have been terrifying. I hope she hung on to her Subway sandwich.
Who needs a minstrel? The antics of the defense are entertaining enough as it is.
Having been a party to many sidebars, most have a physical barrier at least waist high separating judge and lawyers. Not true here? Hard to physically threaten an attorney with a barrier in between.
Calling for a mistrial when the judge berates you for misconduct shows the desperation.
Jussie is going to jail.
They are going to try any ridiculous crap to get him off because the evidence against him is so overwhelming. I read today they even have a video of a dress rehearsal of this attack lol lol
What a farce. Pray for the judge.
LOL! I remember that night, it was so freakin’ cold it was nuts, like 14 below zero, and this idiot wants us to believe that at 2am he just HAD to have a Subway sandwich? LOL LOL LOL! Another thing that made me crack up about this guy is after the fake attack, he went back to his apartment and called the cops and the cops said when they first saw him, he had string around his neck, like kite string and that was suppose to be the “noose”. He couldn’t find rope, so he used string lol lol
LOL
Just saw a picture of her
Pretty much what you’d expect
On a side note, TMZ reporting that the money he paid them was for drugs that Juicy wanted them to buy for him, throwing doubt on their testimony that it was payment for the staged attack
Not sure how that really helps him
From the looks of her, you’d lose an arm trying to take a sandwich away from her
You bet, and a truck load of evidence is going to take him to jail.
He must be a legend in his own mind. He says two MAGA people recognized him. No MAGA person was watching Empire.
A Subway sandwich at 2AM? What Subway is even open at 2AM no less a frigid night? Hope they’re also trying to reference what store his line of BS would indicate?
That is what this show needs, a good bardcore sound track.
Poor Kamala
(sung to My Sherona}
She must not have much trial experience if this is the first time a judge has ruled that her line of cross-examination was irrelevant.
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