[Crimson Dynamo]

Jussie Smollett is ARRESTED for filing a false police report and disorderly conduct after 'faking racist,
homophobic attack then lying to the police about it'

• Smollett was taken into custody sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning
• The 36-year-old is being held for filing a false police report and disorderly conduct
• He is due to appear in bond court at 1.30pm CT on Thursday afternoon
• His lawyers released a statement on Wednesday condemning the police
• They said he was entitled to the presumption of innocence 'like any citizen'
• Brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo testified against him in front of a grand jury
• They say he paid them to attack him in Chicago on January 29
• He claimed two masked assailants beat him, tied a noose around his neck, poured bleach on him and yelled: 'This is MAGA country!'
• Smollett's motive for the alleged hoax remains unclear but police sources have suggested he was trying to boost his profile
• 20th Century Fox is reportedly considering suspending him in light of his arrest

Late on Wednesday night, Smollett was charged for allegedly staging the January 29 attack and then lying repeatedly to police
about it after Nigerian brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo testified against him before a grand jury.

They say Smollett paid them to carry out the attack and that he also sent a threatening letter to himself a week beforehand at the Empire studio.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...police-it.html


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