"Empire" actor testified that he was the victim of a real anti-gay and racist hate crime in Chicago in January 2019 and denied that he staged the attack for media attention.
But authorities soon came to believe the actor had paid two acquaintances -- brothers Bola and Ola Osundairo -- $3,500 to fake a hate crime attack in order to garner sympathetic media coverage. Closing statements in the trial are set to take place on Wednesday, followed by jury instructions and deliberations.Special prosecutor Dan Webb's cross-examination of Smollett began Monday afternoon and resumed Tuesday morning as he compared Smollett's testimony with testimony from the Osundairo brothers.
Smollett testified he was on his phone texting about doing an interview and that Ola being there was"weird," so he decided to cancel the workout. Webb began to read aloud a message that included the word"n***a," as Smollett winced and shook his head. Then Webb moved to another of Smollett's messages, starting with"n***a" again, but this time Smollett cut him off.
He told the court he was walking back to the staircase of his building after returning from a Subway sandwich shop when he heard two people yell the word"Empire" and anti-gay and racist slurs. The men then walked toward him very quickly and attacked, Smollett testified. One of the officers who testified early last week for the prosecution said he arrived to find Smollett with a noose around his neck.
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