smollett have rested their case. smollett, who s charged with six counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report, taking the stand in his own trial. prosecutors say smollett s story started to crumble when investigators began scrutinizing the details and smollett declined to foully cooperate. smollett taking the stand in his own trial, testifying the ordeal was not a hoax, calling the 0 sun dario brothers, who say they were hired to carry out the attack, liars and contradicting their testimony. then, smollett himself testified that he and one of the brothers had sexual encounters. 0 sun dario on the stand, saying, i don t recall. smollett on the witness stand for a day and a half testified the brothers tried to extort $2 million from him to, quote, go away, but during cross