dollars to stage the attack. mr smallwood himself took to the stand to defend himself and he claimed that there was never, it was never money to stage an attack did it he said he had paid them this money for personal sessions, for meal plans, workout plans that the two men, the two brothers, they are gym instructors. he maintained are gym instructors. he maintained his - are gym instructors. he: maintained his innocence throughout all of this. but as we heard there, the prosecution steadfast on this they say that this was something that mr smollett staged to try and bruce boost his profile and his tv career and after about a day of deliberation, nine hours, thejury day of deliberation, nine hours, the jury returned a verdict and found him guilty on five of the six charges. the prosecutor. five of the six charges. the prosecutor, when - five of the six charges. the prosecutor, when he - five of the six charges. the prosecutor, when he spoke to the media said that mr smollett lied
he said that he had paid them this money for personal sessions, for meal plans, workout plans, that the two men, the two brothers are gym instructors, and he has maintained his innocence throughout all of this. but as we heard there, the prosecution is steadfast on this. they said that this was something that mr smollett had staged just to try and boost his profile, boost his tv career, and after about a day of deliberation, about nine hours, the jury returned their verdict, they found him guilty on five of those six charges. the prosecutor, daniel webb, when he spoke to the media, said that mr smollett lied to police, but also lied to the jury. but we heard in that clip earlier his defence attorney saying they re confident they re going to win on appeal and get this overturned? yes, they seem confident that they can do that. as i said, mr smollett has