The article does not say Smollet created the letter, but was “behind” it.
“Being behind it” could be hard to prove. I could see a charge of conspiracy, but not giving the brothers a get out of jail free card. It’ll likely he said/she said. The brothers may have stuck a deal, though, throwing their good buddy under the bus.
One of the Analyze This or Analyze That movies had the henchman Jelly working on a phony suicide letter that would end with “Signed, The Dead Guy.”
That’s about the mental level of the Smollett case people.
Kinda stupid.
Th CPD Superintendent boldly said the Jussie created the letter at this morning’s presser.