Jussie Smollett, the former “Empire” star, took the stand in a Chicago courtroom on Monday and denied that he staged a hate crime against himself nearly three years ago, according to local reports.
Smollett, 39, walked the jury through his version of the events of Jan. 29, 2019, when he alleges he was attacked by two men who uttered homophobic and racist slurs, and put a rope around his neck. And he denied that he had paid two brothers, Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo, to stage the attack.
“There was no hoax,” Smollett told the jury, according to the Associated Press and reporters in the courtroom.
Smollett is facing six counts of “disorderly conduct,” a Class 4 felony in Illinois. He is accused of lying to the police about the incident, leading to a massive police investigation.
Several reporters tweeted live coverage of Smollett’s testimony from the courtroom, including Jason Meisner and Megan Crepeau of the Chicago Tribune,...
Smollett, 39, walked the jury through his version of the events of Jan. 29, 2019, when he alleges he was attacked by two men who uttered homophobic and racist slurs, and put a rope around his neck. And he denied that he had paid two brothers, Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo, to stage the attack.
“There was no hoax,” Smollett told the jury, according to the Associated Press and reporters in the courtroom.
Smollett is facing six counts of “disorderly conduct,” a Class 4 felony in Illinois. He is accused of lying to the police about the incident, leading to a massive police investigation.
Several reporters tweeted live coverage of Smollett’s testimony from the courtroom, including Jason Meisner and Megan Crepeau of the Chicago Tribune,...
- 12/7/2021
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Hours after his bizarre CBS interview aired Wednesday morning, R. Kelly was ordered to return to Illinois’ Cook County Jail after the singer failed to pay off $160,000 in child support.
Separate from Kelly’s criminal sex abuse charges – which he pleaded not guilty to and remains out on bail after several nights at Cook County Jail – the singer had a March 6th hearing set stemming from the delinquent child support he owed his ex-wife Andrea Kelly, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Kelly had until 10 a.m. Est Wednesday to pay the...
Separate from Kelly’s criminal sex abuse charges – which he pleaded not guilty to and remains out on bail after several nights at Cook County Jail – the singer had a March 6th hearing set stemming from the delinquent child support he owed his ex-wife Andrea Kelly, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Kelly had until 10 a.m. Est Wednesday to pay the...
- 3/6/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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