Judge weighs kicking Jussie Smollett s new lawyer off case
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Chicago police release videos, documents from Jussie Smollett case
Chicago police on Monday released hundreds of files from the investigation into Jussie Smollett s claim he was attacked by two men, including video footage that for the first time shows the Empire actor with a thin, white rope wrapped around his neck that he told detectives was a noose.
CHICAGO - An attorney hired by
Jussie Smollett to lead the actor’s defense against charges accusing him of lying to
Chicago police is now fighting to stay on the case after another attorney accused him of talking to two key witnesses about representing them.
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An attorney for the brothers who Jussie Smollett allegedly paid to fake the racist and homophobic attack in January 2019 has filed a motion to intervene in the actor’s case. He alleges that Smollett’s attorney consulted with the brothers after the attack.
Cook County Judge James Linn said during a hearing Tuesday that he needs to determine if Smollett’s attorney, Nenye Uche, talked to Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo in the days after the actor reported that two masked men attacked him in downtown Chicago.
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A new Jussie Smollett attorney could be kicked off the case after being accused of speaking with Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundario after the actor accused the men of attacking him in Chicago.
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“Today’s calendar is rather quiet for the cross, meaning that near-term momentum will likely be continued towards a test of the 1.17/1705 region that marked the cycle high a fortnight ago.”
George Vessey, UK Currency Strategist, Western Union Business Solutions, also shared his insight.
“Central banks like the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have downplayed the rise in bond yields thus far, whilst the European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to at least verbally intervene, or possibly increase asset purchases this Thursday to cool the bond market rout, he said.