prosecution s case, or at least took jussie smollett through that in the testimony that was being heard. during one of the major points, i should say, came during the car ride the brothers testified was when jussie smollett first brought up this alleged hoax and asked smollett if that s what happened. smollett said, no. all they did was drive around and smoke blunts. specifically he was asked by his attorneys at any point in time, did you talk to owe osendera about a hoax? he said no. he testified they had multiple sexual encounters which he denied during the course of his testimony. the defense has argued that ola osendero or homophobia was one of the driving factors in what they say was a real hate crime attack. cross-examination was where things left off, so that s where things will pick up when court