RE: Lastest development in Smollett case
February 19, 2019 at 10:12 pm
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2019 at 10:19 pm by EgoDeath.)
(February 19, 2019 at 10:01 pm)no one Wrote: Who??
He's an actor on a very popular show here in the states called Empire. All my friends have told me to watch it but I just normally don't give a flying shit about keeping up with current shows, etc. He claims he was attacked by two people in Chicago who screamed, "This is MAGA country," and calling him racial and homophobic slurs and they supposedly threw bleach on him, punched and kicked him and put a noose around his neck. At first I was horrified when I heard about it; that's some pretty foul shit to do to someone.
Now, it's turning out there are multiple holes in his story (the biggest being that the two brothers caught in the surveillance footage are now claiming Smollett had them orchestrate the attack) and it's looking more and more like he made the attack up, following an incident with a letter he claims he received threatening him that was titled, "MAGA."
All in all, we don't know if the claims made by the brothers are even true (though the fact that they met with their lawyer and Chicago prosecutors seems to indicate they plan to testify against Smollett to avoid prosecution themselves) But he's now facing a lot of backlash especially in the African-American community. One of the brothers was an extra on the show Empire and supposedly one of the brothers was his personal trainer for some time, so it's really not looking good for Smollett, so far.
So yea, if he made this up he's a total piece of shit.
To be honest, who knows? I'm going to reserve any final judgments until all the information is available, but so far it's not looking good for Smollett.
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