The trial for former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett on charges that he faked a hate crime in Chicago a couple years ago got underway this week. When the trial began, Smollett’s attorney argued that the Osundairo brothers are “sophisticated” criminals that “did not like Jussie.” In other words, the defense’s argument seems to be that Smollett was set up by men he was around that night.
Fox News’ Matt Finn is covering the trial, and brought the other side of the story with testimony from one of the Osundairo brothers:
Smollett trial – Osundiaro brother testifies on stand that Jussie asked two brothers to get into his mercedes where he asked them to fake beat him
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 1, 2021
Smollett explained he was upset the Empire studio didn’t take more seriously a MAGA hate letter sent to Smollett
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 1, 2021
Bola Osundairo testifies he and his brother agreed because Bola felt indebted to Smollett for Empire part and thought Smollett could better his career
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 1, 2021
Osundairo says they used code word “training” for a dry run of alleged fake attack.
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 1, 2021
(Prosecution says LE never confirmed who sent the hate letter. It’s alleged Smollett sent it to himself.)
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 1, 2021
Osundairo says Smollett drove them to the exact staircase where he wanted them to carry out plan. Mentioned that a camera would capture it.
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 1, 2021
CPD detective previously testified Smollett was upset when they told him the camera actually did not capture incident
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 1, 2021
Osundairo brother tesitifies Smollett told them to use N word, F****t, and MAGA. Bola Osundairo says he knew what MAGA stood for and was related to Trump
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 1, 2021
Osundairo testifies Smollett wanted the incident to be caught on camera to be “used for media.” But, the camera did not point toward incident
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 1, 2021
Who will the jury believe? Time will tell.
Worst director ever.
— Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) December 1, 2021
It doesn’t seem to be going well for Smollett.
Interesting how this trial isn’t televised. 🤔 At least we have Twitter https://t.co/0cgYgYAcFR
— Emily Wagner (@Emily_Wagner12) December 1, 2021
Wow. We're only getting snippets of info, but it seems it's not going well for Juicy. https://t.co/6c6sr9nyrq
— CHARLIE 🇺🇸 (@Evista122) December 1, 2021
No it doesn’t.
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