call police after his alleged attack because as a black man he does not trust police. he explained that on the night of the alleged attack he got a call from one of the brothers who told him he needed to eat some eggs in order to keep up with his meal plan. smollett testified that is why he went to the walgreens and the subway after 1:00 a.m. on a frigid night. also smollett countered what some of the brothers testified under oath. smollett saying he did have sexual encounters with one of the brothers and he did pay one of the brothers for cocaine. smollett also insists he has a scar beneath one of his eyes from the alleged attack, even though the northwestern doctor who treated smollett testified under oath that he had no known injuries. smollett also told the court that one of his attackers was pale skinned and there was a security guard who backed him up saying that he saw a white skinned male run away from the smollett scene, although that security guard only saw the mail for a fl
attack because as a black man he does not trust police. he explained that on the night of the alleged attack he got a a call from one of the brothers who told him he needed to eat some eggs in order to keep up with his meal plan. smollett testified that is why he went to the walgreens and the subway after 1:00 a.m. on a frigid night. also smollett countered what some of the brothers testified under oath. smollett saying he did have sexual encounters with one of the brothers and he did pay one of the brothers for cocaine. smollett also insists he has a scar beneath one of his eyes from the alleged attack, even though the northwestern doctor who treated smollett testified under oath that he had no known injuries. smollett also told the court that onee of his attackers was pale skinned and there was a security guard who backed him up saying thatrs he saw a white skinned male run away from the smollett scene, although that security guard only saw the male for a flash and he had a ski mask
smollett s creative director, frank gasson. he s the one who called 911 and led police up to smollett s apartment. he tells police that smollett didn t want to make the police report because his pride would get in the way. here is more of his interaction with police. also, new video of the moment they enter in his apartment after the alleged hoax. smollett scene with lots of thin white rope around his neck. police asked smollett if you want to take off the rope. he says yes, but first he wanted police to see the rope and also tells officers he was doused with bleach. here is that exchange caught on police body camera video