Since Sunday, Jussie Smollett is no longer considered a victim in this case. So says Chicago Police Department.

(Don't listen to the Lib Liars - of which there is one on this very board - who are saying that Jussie Smollett is still being treated as a victim)

Here's proof the cops say Jussie Smollett is not a victim anymore - Since Sunday -

Day 20: The latest in the Jussie Smollet case
Sunday, February 17, 2019

[www.cwbchicago.com]

Here are the latest developments in the Jussie Smollett hate crime investigation:

Saturday evening, CPD’s top spokesperson said investigators’ interrogations of Abimbola "Abel" Osundairo and his brother Olabinjo "Ola" Osundairo have “shifted the trajectory of the investigation. We've reached out to [Smollett’s] attorney to request a follow-up interview." The two men were identified as being the "persons of interest" seen on surveillance images near the attack scene.

Both men are friends of Smollett and have worked as extras on his TV show, Empire. The brothers were interrogated by investigators for two days this week, only to be released without charges and declared to "no longer be suspects" after they shared information about the purported attack with authorities.

CBSChicago reporter Charlie De Mar reported that the Osundairo brothers were paid $3,500 to participate in the ruse with a promise to be paid another $500 upon their return from a two-week trip to Nigeria that began hours after Smollett reported the purported hate crime to police.

De Mar also reported that the Osundairo brothers told detectives that they and Smollett “rehearsed the attack days prior to it happening.”

Rafer Weigel of Fox Chicago also reported that detectives said the Osundairos were paid by Smollett to orchestrate the attack. Weigel, CNN, and Rob Elgas of ABC7 all reported that detectives had secured proof that the Osundairo brothers purchased a rope for the noose at an Ace Hardware store. That information was also included in a detailed tip about the case that CWBChicago received on Feb. 6th.

Also last night, Chicago attorneys Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson issued a statement saying that they now represent Smollett and that the actor is “angered and devastated by recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with.”

Anyone claiming that Smollett was involved in his own attack “is lying,” the statement said, adding that one of the Osundairo brothers was “Jussie’s personal trainer who he hired to ready him physically for a music video.”

“It is impossible to believe that this person could have played a role in the crime against Jussie or would falsely claim Jussie’s complicity,” the lawyers said.

It was not clear when Pugh and Henderson took over the Smollett case. Just one day earlier, leading Chicago defense attorney Michael Monico told WGN’s Roe Conn that he was representing Smollett “at the moment.”

Pugh recently succeeded in defending a Chicago cop against claims that the officer participated in a cover-up of the Laquan McDonald shooting.

And, in a potential sign of things to come, Fox News reporter Mike Tobin reported late Saturday that “Jussie Smollett is no longer considered a victim in this case.”

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9:39 PM - 16 Feb 2019 from Chicago, IL



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/2019 02:27AM by Jennifer.

Jussie Smollett no longer considered a victim in case, Chicago police say

[www.mynewsinc.com]

A Chicago police spokesperson on Saturday said “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is no longer considered a victim in the case that allegedly involved an attack by two masked men who shouted racial and anti-gay slurs at the actor and, “This is MAGA country!”

Police earlier said that the “trajectory of the investigation” shifted and that they wanted to conduct another interview with Smollett about the alleged hate crime last month. Police released two Nigerian brotherswho were held for questioning about the reported attack. They were released late Friday without charges.

“We can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the “Empire” case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation,” Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. “We’ve reached out to the Empire cast member’s attorney to request a follow-up interview.”

The men were arrested Wednesday night after investigators tracked their movement on surveillance cameras in the area where Smollett said the attack occurred. Smollett, who is black and openly gay, said he was attacked by two masked men on Jan. 29 as he was walking home from a Subway restaurant.

Investigators have not been able to find surveillance video of the attack.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Oopsie doopsie ....

Not only is Jussie Smollett now NOT CONSIDERED A VICTIM IN HIS HATE CRIME HOAX,

But now ...

JUSSIE SMOLLETT IS NOW CONSIDERED A SUSPECT IN HIS HATE CRIME HOAX!!!


LOL