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.
show he used to be a star on. the f word, the homophobic slur and maga and then the conversation moved to what they wanted him to do specifically to punch him in the face but to pull those punches so that he wouldn t get actually hurt but to leave at least a bruise. so the heart of this trial playing out in testimony today. omar, prosecutors also called today a chicago detective who spoke with smollett shortly after the alleged attack and subsequent interview. what did he say about the inconsistencies in smollett s story? that s right. so this was one of two detectives who initial lie responded to jussie smollett s report of an alleged hate crime on january 29th, 2019. and this detective said at the time he described his one attacker that he could identify as a white person, that he could see through the eye holes, the bridge of the nose and part of the eyes. well, weeks later, after these brothers had been arrested, though smollett didn t know that at the time, he was asked agai
right now. laura: okay, talking about the perpetrators, tio. he was making a statement about the country as a whole and that, i find to be probably the most offensive thing about this in addition to taking all the time away from the police, tio. tio: right now josie mack needs help and he s crying out for help. something else is going on and normally when people act out like this, there is just a symptom of major problems. i would like to suggest who plays his father on empire may have to serve as a role model an real life to josie mack because right now something else is goig on. i ve been in chicago all my life and i ve never, ever heard of an attack like this. and josie mack should stop playing games with people because he owes everybody in chicago an apology due to the fact that we have people shot every day in chicago, people that are killed every other day in chicago and right now, january 29th 2019 about 35 people have been killed in chic.
america interview smollett stated it feels like if i was a muslim, a mexican, or someone black, i feel like the doubters would have supported me more, much more. they mislead the police to believe his attackers were white. on january 29th, 2019, just less than 18 hours following the attack, he placed a call to able and the duration was five seconds. on january 2019 at 10:46 a.m., he called able, who was in istanbul, turkey, and it lasted
january 29th, 2019, and it was planned by the brothers, who are 27 years old. after able confirmed the date and time of his trip, dth efend smollett said i might need your help on the low, they spoke that afternoon where the defendant subsequently trove him home to able s apartment. he indicated his displeasure that the empire studio s handling of the racist and homophobic letter that he received three days prior. he said he want today stage an attack where able would appear to batter him. he also suggested that his older brother assist him with the attack. department smollett met his