So Jussie Smollett, the ‘Empire’ actor and BLM advocate, has been found guilty of five counts of felony disorderly conduct related to staging a hate crime with himself as the victim. He was also found not guilty of a sixth count of the same charge. The hoax took place in …
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The jury went into deliberations on Wednesday afternoon and returned with the verdict on Thursday evening, after a total of nine hours. They found Smollett guilty on five out of six counts he was charged with. Smollett, 39, was charged over the January 2019 incident, in which he claimed to …
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A hectic exchange ensued between defense lawyer Tamara Walker and Judge James Linn on Thursday after the attorney questioned a top prosecution witness, Olabinjo Osundairo, who claims he was paid by Smollett to “fake beat him up” in order to fabricate a ‘hate crime’ against the actor. When Walker shifted …
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Smollett’s attorney Nenye Uche rejected accusations that Smollett had masterminded a fake racist attack against himself in January 2019, claiming the actor was innocent and “a real victim” as the trial kicked off in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday. Uche argued that Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo – two Nigerian brothers who …
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The hashtag #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett trended on Wednesday, following a fact-check of AOC’s (D-New York) Instagram livestream two days prior by OAN journalist Jack Posobiec. During her emotional 1.5-hour-long talk, Ocasio-Cortez admitted she was not in the Capitol building during the riot to begin with, but continued to claim that she experienced …
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