he tells the cops, i don't know who they are, they're maga people, it is a hate crime. so i think that the implausibility of his story now that, oh, suddenly it was his two friends, who were the attackers, i think the jury is going to have a real problem with that. >> what about the revelation in his testimony, his claim that he did have a relationship that was sexual in nature, with one of these men? >> exactly. it kind of plays more to the narrative of what actually happened on that day, january 29th, 2019, in terms of you played upon the fears of america, talking about homophobic slurs, talking about racial slurs and now he wants to put forth in front of the jury because the brother did not say he was in a romantic relationship with jussie smollett, he wants to be the one, we were in a romantic relationship, he doesn't want to say it, i'm saying it, and you should judge his credibility based on him not coming out. this is why he came up with this story and it was not a hoax.