Jussie Smollett back in court for hearing about his lawyer
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Former “Empire†actor Jussie Smollett, second from right, arrives the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building for a hearing on, Wednesday, July 14, 2021 in Chicago (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP)
CHICAGO (AP) – Jussie Smollett returned to court Wednesday for the first time in a year for a hearing to determine whether one of the actor’s attorneys should be allowed to keep representing him in his case against accusations that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself.
The hearing had nothing to with the charges against Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported that two masked men attacked him in downtown Chicago in January 2019. But because the media and the public were not allowed to attend the hearing that began in the morning and lasted well into the afternoon, it was not clear exactly what was being said in the courtroom.
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Jussie Smollett appeared in person at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse Wednesday for a closed-door hearing on whether the former “Empire” actor can be represented by his latest attorney who is accused of having contact with two key witnesses in the high-profile criminal case.
That lawyer, Nenye Uche, was also in court, as were Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo the brothers who told Chicago police that Smollett hired them to stage a phony attack against the actor in 2019.
Cook County James Linn will rule on whether Uche can be part of Smollett’s defense team on Aug. 2.
Smollett hired Uche, a former Cook County prosecutor, as his lead defense attorney earlier this year as he fights filing a false police report charges.
CHICAGO (AP) â Jussie Smollett returned to court Wednesday for the first time in a year for a five-hour hearing to determine whether one of the actorâs attorneys should be allowed to keep representing him in his case against accusations that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself.
The hearing had nothing to with the charges against Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported that two masked men attacked him in downtown Chicago in January 2019. But because the media and the public were not allowed to attend the hearing that began in the morning and lasted well into the afternoon, it was not clear exactly what was being said in the courtroom.
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Actor Jussie Smollett has returned to court for the first time in a year for a five-hour hearing to determine whether one of his lawyers should be allowed to keep representing him in his case against accusations he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself.
The hearing had nothing to with the charges against Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported two masked men attacked him in downtown Chicago in January 2019.
But because the media and the public were not allowed to attend the hearing that began on Wednesday morning and lasted well into the afternoon, it was not clear exactly what was being said in the courtroom.