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A Cook County judge Monday scheduled a July 14 evidentiary hearing looking into whether one of Jussie Smollett’s lawyers had contact with the two brothers who were allegedly paid by the former “Empire” star to stage a phony hate crime in 2019.
The hearing is closed to the public but Judge James Linn said Smollett must be present at the in-person hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse along with the attorneys and witnesses.
Smollett, who attended Monday’s livestream hearing from New York City, said he would attend the summer hearing.
It’s unclear which witnesses will be called to the stand. However, it’s expected that Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo the siblings Smollett allegedly hired to help in his ruse and their lawyer, Gloria Schmidt Rodriguez, will be present since the hearing revolves around the brothers and Smollett’s attorney Nenye Uche.
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