Posted on 02/21/2019 7:50:14 AM PST by COUNTrecount
Defiant Jussie Smollet says he will FIGHT the false police report charges over 'staged' attack - as Empire producers consider suspending him, after security footage emerged of the Nigerian brothers buying ski masks
Jussie Smollett, 36, was criminally charged on Wednesday night in Chicago
He is charged with filing a false police report, a Class 4 felony
Police say that he hoaxed a hate crime assault on himself on January 29
His attorneys say he 'enjoys the presumption of innocence' and will fight charge
Empire's producers are reportedly considering removing Smollett from TV show
Brothers Ola and Abel Osundairo were earlier seen entering grand jury
Video of them buying ski masks and red hat day before the attack has emerged
Cops believe Smollett hired the duo to carry out a staged assault on himself
Charges carry a maximum sentence of three years and a fine of up to $25,000 FBI is also still investigating hateful letter that Smollett said he received
The Chicago Police Department announced on Wednesday night that the Cook County State's Attorney Office had approved criminal charges against 36-year-old Empire star.
His lawyers say he intends to 'mount an aggressive defense' against the class 4 felony, that could land him up to three years in prison if convicted.
Police suspect the actor, who is black and openly gay, staged a racist and homophobic assault against himself on January 29, which he claimed was carried out by white men who shouted 'this is MAGA country' as they put a noose around his neck.
As new of the charges against Smollett broke, Empire's producers were weighing whether to remove him from the Fox drama series, on which he portrays the musician Jamal Lyon, sources close to the show told Variety.
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[ Defiant Jussie Smollet says he will FIGHT the false police report charges over ‘staged’ attack ]
Excellent. This should result in more time behind bars.
I hope they nail him on a federal charge of using the mail in this hoax, too.
Excellent
This was so incompetent a hoax that it’s hard for sane people to see any kind of “network” behind it.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Exactly what its supposed to look like.
My bet is that you will see it again in other areas of the country. There will be many more staged hate crimes designed to bring race riots to our cities.
Why?
Because PDJT is now peeling about 30% of black democrat voters off of the Dem party to the Republican side.
chicago? jury of peers? it will be a gay freak show, they will need several bathrooms to handle all the what the heck is that attendees..will never see a day in prison
(Hmmmm, video of your two friends buying the ski masks, red hats an gloves. You paid them with a CHECK. You lied that they were white.
Your chances of winning this are nearly negative..........)
Don’t forget the #MAGA hat.
The check he paid them with will hamper his fight....
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It bounced.
Tell me, did Martin Luther King start out this way? Or do I mean Gandhi?
If a Senator dies or leaves office can a state governor appoint Smollet to be U S Senator? A grateful nation can thank him that way, like the cash settlement awarded to Colin K the kneeler.
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