Posted on 10/15/2021 7:44:51 PM PDT by bitt
A judge on Friday denied a last-ditch effort to dismiss a criminal case against actor Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported that he was the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago in January 2019.
An attorney for the former “Empire” actor said Smollett‘s rights were being violated since he had already performed community service and given up a $10,000 bond under a previous deal with Cook County prosecutors to drop charges.
“A deal is a deal. That’s ancient principle,” attorney Nenye Uche said.
But Judge James Linn noted that Smollett‘s case now was being led by a special prosecutor appointed by another judge, an arrangement that he would not upset.
Linn said jury selection in Smollett‘s trial would start Nov. 29.
Smollett, a gay Black man, told police in 2019 that two masked men attacked him when he was in Chicago working on “Empire.” But he was charged weeks later with filing a false police report, after investigators concluded that he staged the attack and paid two brothers to carry it out because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted to promote his career. That case, however, was dropped.
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You, me and DoughtyOne think alike!
Yes! Michelle Obama too!
Per IMBD, Smollett has not worked and acting gig since leaving Empire in 2019.
lol... get a chance to watch The Closer?
“It would be funny to see him throw Kamala Harris under the bus.”
Nah. She’d like it & it’d end up on Pay-Per-View. Sure wouldn’t be the first set of springs she’s checked out.
Some enterprising infrastructure pork belly tycoon oughta name a tunnel after her. Or a run of sewer line. Either way...
His friends Harris & Corey Booker where having trouble passing the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018. Maybe Jussie wanted to give them a helping hand, or maybe they all were in on it.
“So why is the ‘b’ in black capitalized...?”
“The AP Stylebook.”
Also, to give blacks self-esteem, so they don’t kill as many whites.
How’s that working out, by the way?
I stumbled into that video yesterday. I have to say, it made me laugh.
Too funny! LOL!
And the 'g' in gay is not, it must be homophobia.
Man, I hate these bigots. S/OFF
not yet ... but it’s still on my “to-watch” list ... having too much fun re-binging Seinfeld right now ...
Jerry Seinfeld might opine that this is a shame.
That sounds like some sort of infection right there!
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