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Jussie Smollet Trial

My memory is a bit fuzzy about all this, but is there any indication as to why this hoax was created in the first place? Dude just wanted to see a bunch of people feeling sorry for him in the news?

Also, is there any evidence of what the co-conspirators were getting out of it?
 
Now we have a security guard claiming he saw a white man, dressed in all black and wearing a ski mask, run past him. It was not reflected in the statement he gave, apparently.

However, Moore states that when he gave a statement to Special Prosecutor Dan Webb in his office on Jan. 9, 2020, someone else wrote it out while he spoke. The statement made no mention of a White man but Moore says he made it clear that’s what he saw.
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I Am The Scum said:
My memory is a bit fuzzy about all this, but is there any indication as to why this hoax was created in the first place? Dude just wanted to see a bunch of people feeling sorry for him in the news?
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Unless Smollett admits to it and tells us his motivation(s), there's probably no way of knowing what outcome he had in mind. Some kind of attention-seeking seems like it would have been an obvious component.

I think there have been suggestions that maybe he was trying to drum up support for an anti-lynching bill that was making its way through Congress at the time.

Cynically, one might think perhaps he was trying to meet a market demand.

Also, is there any evidence of what the co-conspirators were getting out of it?
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IIRC, there's good evidence that Smollett wrote a check to the Osundarios for several thousand dollars.
 
Prosecution's entire cross examination;

"Ahahahahaha, just shovel out that bull **** one more time, please! Oh god, my sides! Ahahahahaha!"
 
Where exactly is this testimony headed?

Jussie Smollett testifies on stand -- first night he met Bola Osundairo they did weed and cocaine together then went to a club. Then went to a bath house together.
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This is a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see how it works out for him.
 
"Yo yo yo, y'Honor, check it out...we all a bunch coked up Trojan warrior-dressing bathhouse freaks. Who you gonna believe, huh? Find me a credible mother ****** in this courtroom! No offense, y'Honor"
 
Thermal said:
"Yo yo yo, y'Honor, check it out...we all a bunch coked up Trojan warrior-dressing bathhouse freaks. Who you gonna believe, huh? Find me a credible mother ****** in this courtroom! No offense, y'Honor"
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Smollett testifies he would pay Bola Osundairo for Cocaine. Around $200.
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I guess the defense has decided their best bet is to try to discredit the witnesses, even at the expense of Smollet's character. I guess they figure it is **** already, why not?
 
As for Ola Osundairo, the other brother who alleges that Smollett paid him to stage the attack, the actor testified that they do not get along. Smollett said Ola “took the vibe out of the room” on one of the rare occasions the three of them hung out. He says that night, he and Bon went to the bath house again and did more intimate acts on each other.
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Sizzlin' testimony, yo!
 
I Am The Scum said:
My memory is a bit fuzzy about all this, but is there any indication as to why this hoax was created in the first place? Dude just wanted to see a bunch of people feeling sorry for him in the news?
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As far as I can tell, yes. It's a really spectacular self-destruction from someone who had a good acting job on a prestigious TV show and was probably going to have a pretty good career going forward.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
As far as I can tell, yes. It's a really spectacular self-destruction from someone who had a good acting job on a prestigious TV show and was probably going to have a pretty good career going forward.
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Let's say he walks on these charges. I wonder where his career goes? Maybe back in business after a brief cool down period and interview tour?
 
Warp12 said:
Let's say he walks on these charges. I wonder where his career goes? Maybe back in business after a brief cool down period and interview tour?
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It's just a hunch, but I don't believe that will ever happen. I think Smollet is done. He will be a punch line in comedy acts.
 
Punch line. Heh.

Nah, he'll be fine. Make some comments about getting mixed up with those crazy cokeheads, and he'll bounce back. But the Osindarios are done, career wise.
 
Smollett testifies his face was very important. That he looked like a ‘black Cary Grant’ Testifies computers were used to remove face scars…
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Smollett testified that he did not want “Empire” security following him around because he liked to drive his own vehicle and “smoke my blunt” in his car during lunch.
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Solid.
 
Smollett says he was driving, smoking a blunt and texting with a woman about MSNBC appearance – on the day of January 27 – when the Osundairo brothers were in his car.
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Relatable.
 
When asked why he did not call police after after the incident, Smollett said on the stand, “I’m a black man in America and I do not trust police.”
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Laying it on real thick.
 
On a separate occasion, Smollett told jurors he and Bola Osundairo snuck away from his brother after the three were at a female strip club together. Smollett testified they again got a private room and "made out a little bit, masturbated together."
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This dude is really swinging for the fence.
 
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Smollett claiming that the Osindarios set up the fake attack because they were trying to hustle their way into being Jussie's personal security. Creating the illusion of a need and all.
 
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