The records from the Jussie Smollett investigation have been ordered unsealed by a judge:
A judge has ruled to unseal records in 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett's case: https://t.co/dykyYzZUrK pic.twitter.com/pnA80l6ebg
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) May 23, 2019
MORE: A Chicago police spokesman tells @ABC7Chicago some 600 pages of the Jussie Smollett investigative file will be uploaded for the media likely by Tuesday. The department needs to be officially served the order first.
— Rob Elgas (@RobElgasABC7) May 23, 2019
The records are expected to be made publicly available soon, and the move was opposed by Smollett’s legal team. However, the judge said a main reason that the records should be unsealed is… Smollett and his legal team:
The judge also called out #JussieSmollett’s lawyers for granting multiple media interviews discussing the case after it was sealed, saying that he blew his privacy argument in the process.
— Jason Meisner (@jmetr22b) May 23, 2019
Here’s the meat of the judge’s ruling unsealing #JussieSmollett’s criminal file: pic.twitter.com/rMaMtZWNnV
— Jason Meisner (@jmetr22b) May 23, 2019
So if Smollett and his legal team want to know why the records are being unsealsed, they should just go look in the mirror.
Why doesn’t @JussieSmollett want us to read his super credible claims of being attacked by… checks notes… two black white supremacists? https://t.co/LQN6J3d1bn
— (((Aaron Worthing))) (@AaronWorthing) May 23, 2019
Sweet justice. Jussie’s ego and that of his lawyer’s hurt his efforts to seal his case https://t.co/LL9ipurAZO
— J. Vlahakis (@jvlaha) May 23, 2019
WOW ?? https://t.co/wqnU4L8CgP
— L. Norris ? (@IAmLNorris) May 23, 2019
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