Jussie Smollett is decided to clear his title within the alleged botched theft/assault scheme that halted his profession and tarnished his repute.
Although he took half within the new Netflix documentary, The Fact About Jussie Smollett, he’s now claiming that key proof was ignored of the ultimate minimize of the mission. Proof that he says would additional flip the lens on the Chicago Police Division’s cover-up of his assault. In keeping with his reps, there have been greater than 10 essential factors fully ignored by the most recent look contained in the 2019 case, together with witness tampering, a failure to run DNA discovered on the proof, and the CPD’s historical past of scandal.
“The FBI examined the rope. The Osundairo brothers’ DNA isn’t on it. Jussie’s DNA is on the rope, in addition to an unknown man’s DNA. Nobody ever examined the DNA of the unknown man to search out out who he’s,” an announcement from Smollett’s reps reads. “The FBI DNA outcomes got here in March 2019, earlier than the fees towards Jussie had been dropped the primary time. Jussie’s legal professionals didn’t present the DNA proof to the jury. Jussie was by no means instructed about it and came upon about
it two years after trial.”
The previous Empire actor’s reps says although he participated within the documentary, he refused fee whereas others had been compensated and had no editorial enter on a last minimize earlier than it aired. Due to this, most of the questions which have adopted the case stay unanswered. Smollett’s trial was a fascinating a part of the documentary and the case itself; nonetheless, his reps declare that main proof by no means made it into the courtroom.
“The Osundairo brothers proceed to disclaim that they made a take care of Chicago police however that’s been fully undermined and contradicted by former Chicago Police Chief Spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, who publicly stated the Osundairos brokered a take care of CPD,” the assertion reads. “Guglielmi stated CPD used Jussie’s Good Morning America interview to trick the brothers into considering Jussie ID’d them. On GMA, Jussie merely stated the lads within the picture had been Jussie’s attackers, however by no means stated he knew who these males had been or that they had been the brothers.
The actor’s reps additionally allege that the CPD pressured one of many witnesses within the case, Anthony Moore, to vary his story in an effort to color Smollett as a liar.
“Anthony Moore was repeatedly pressured to vary his story. He instructed CPD the person he noticed was White, but was taken to a lineup of all Black males,” the assertion reads. “Moore additionally testified that Sean Wieber, of Dan Webb’s particular prosecutor workforce, repeatedly pressured him to vary his testimony and say the suspect was Black. Moore refused, spoke in regards to the strain by Sean Wieber at trial, and identified Sean Wieber in open court docket.”
Smollett and his workforce additionally allege that the CPD altered surveillance video, assigned detectives with in depth misconduct allegations to the case and allowed an officer, Richard Hagan—who’d been sued for tampering with proof within the controversial Laquan McDonald homicide trial leading to a $5 million payout from town—to laud over the footage that would have doubtlessly cleared the actor’s title.
Hoping to place this firmly behind him, Smollett is shifting full steam forward with music launched beneath Dallas Austin’s new and improved Rowdy Information imprint and can be becoming a member of the brand new season of Fox’s Particular Forces.
One factor’s for positive, his story hasn’t modified because the starting.
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