making facial expressions while denied making some of his own. things eventually calmed down and cross-examination continued. it all came on a day we heard from bola. ola during questioning prosecutors tried to paint a crucial bottom line. mr. smollett asked you to fake attack him so he could post it on social media? ola answered yes to all of those. with bola, the defense brought up that bola may have been in a sexual relationship with smollett which he denied. he desired to work with security for smollett which bola didn't remember, but that was a growing point of tension. the defense posited which bola denied. with both the brothers, prosecutors pointed to a significant threshold, that they did not know the police would be involved at any point in this, and that at least with ola, if he had known, he testified, he would not have agreed to do it.