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JUSSIE SMOLLETT- 'I SWEAR TO GOD, I DID NOT DO THIS' Pleads to 'Empire' Cast
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| 1-21-2019
| TMZ
Posted on 02/21/2019 8:05:57 PM PST by tcrlaf
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To: irishjuggler
Im actually kind of surprised that this fool is taking this approach (and that his lawyers are letting him). At this point, I would pretty much expected him to shut up and then plead a defense of stress/depression/insanity that comes with being a small town girl living in a lonely world (i.e., a gay black man in a racist, homophobic, Trumpian country). The pressures of living in Trump-hell made me lose my sanity.
Maybe he could use the Marion Barry line: "I was thinking so much about others, I forgot to take time to think of what was right for me."
He actually said that when he was explaining at a press conference how he came to be in a hotel room smoking crack with a prostitute.
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:18:19 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: tcrlaf
He swears to THE ALMIGHTY he didnt do what he clearly, clearly did? He needs serious help.
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:19:29 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: bigbob
He thought he was filming a scene for the show. Including the interviews. Thats the ticket. Pawn.
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:23:05 PM PST
by
CJ Wolf
(Free. Wwg1wga)
To: Califreak
Im going to go out on a limb here and guess his god is not the same as ours.
You may be right....and I wouldn’t be surprised......;)
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:23:12 PM PST
by
Dawgreg
To: Sacajaweau
And they knew there was something terrible inside why?
Would you open bare-handed a letter that looks like a four year-old with a pink magic marker drew a picture of your being hanged?
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:27:08 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: tcrlaf
![](https://i.postimg.cc/rwRZrSyF/B1-CD48-C9-2-F9-B-4354-8715-96644-D9-A5-C49.jpg)
It says I swear to Gd I didnt do it
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:28:02 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: tcrlaf
Full statement: I swear to God I did not do this...on my own. Kamala, you bitch, you got me into this...now you had better get me out! :)
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:37:23 PM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: TomGuy
He’s gonna say that the $3500 check was for personal training. I doubt if he was dumb enough to write “For fake hate crime” in his checkbook.
To: tcrlaf
This narcissistic creep is going to roll over on whoever put him up to it. If he lives that long. What is the betting pool? Assisted suicide? Or Tragic Accident?
Please - in Chicago it's no sure thing he'll even be convicted. He's now gotten plenty of attention and support from the usual suspects for his strident anti-Trump BS, and he'll be posing as a social justice spokesman for years to come.
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
02/21/2019 10:12:30 PM PST
by
kabar
To: TChad
Maybe there’s a Five Stages Of Fraud and he’s only at 2 or 3.
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posted on
02/21/2019 10:30:13 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
To: Salamander
Maybe theres a Five Stages Of Fraud and hes only at 2 or 3. I think he's at six.
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posted on
02/21/2019 10:44:53 PM PST
by
TChad
To: TChad
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posted on
02/21/2019 10:53:28 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
To: The Antiyuppie
Apparently, Smollett’s take on ‘Empire’ is $65,000 per episode. What ‘Empire’ was discussing at the conclusion of production in 2018...was decreasing the number of episodes that he would appear in (18 are produced each year...I don’t know what the norm was for him to appear). So this would have probably added up to three less episode appearances, thus equaling a $195k less on salary. For the agent, and Smollett...it would have been a bitter pill to swallow.
My take is that the agent talked about some type of public situations, and Smollett decided to go to the extreme, and hoax this thing to keep his episode count at the max. Agent had to be in on the scheme, is at fault as well.
‘Empire’ now? You are stuck with a drama-queen and people laughing behind the scenes at his ‘game’. I don’t see him coming back to the show, and if Chicago cops have their say...he’ll do at least six months in jail.
To: tcrlaf
He will blame the men he hired to stage the hoax. Say they’re lying and really were attackers. Lawyers will attempt to establish reasonable doubt, not innocence.
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posted on
02/21/2019 11:12:45 PM PST
by
luvbach1
(I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
02/22/2019 2:40:31 AM PST
by
V K Lee
("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
To: V K Lee
“FEAR = Jussie Smellett”
More FEAR = Aunt Kamala Harris who just pushed her anti lynching bill through
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posted on
02/22/2019 2:44:23 AM PST
by
pops88
To: pepsionice
Apparently, Smolletts take on Empire is $65,000 per episode. What Empire was discussing at the conclusion of production in 2018...was decreasing the number of episodes that he would appear in (18 are produced each year...I dont know what the norm was for him to appear). So this would have probably added up to three less episode appearances, thus equaling a $195k less on salary. For the agent, and Smollett...it would have been a bitter pill to swallow.
My take is that the agent talked about some type of public situations, and Smollett decided to go to the extreme, and hoax this thing to keep his episode count at the max. Agent had to be in on the scheme, is at fault as well. I'm not sure I buy the "he did it because he wanted more money" story. I'm not even sure who put that theory forward. He's still denying he even did a hoax, so it didn't come from him.
I think this theory as to his motive is being put out to soften the harsh reality of the situation... namely that he is a racist who hates Trump and all Trump supporters.
To: The Antiyuppie
Yeah, a guy who makes his living playing to the camera somehow failed to get his fake drama in front of the intended camera.
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posted on
02/22/2019 2:59:07 AM PST
by
TalBlack
(Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitch!)
To: the_daug
Swear to God?In Hollywoodspeak that means Steve Buscemi who plays God on the show Miracle Workers--another fine piece of blasphemous filth out of Hollyweird.
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posted on
02/22/2019 3:06:50 AM PST
by
jimbug
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