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One of the two brothers who allegedly helped Empire actor Jussie Smollett stage an assault, won Chicago’s foremost amateur boxing competition on Friday. Abimbola “Abel” Osundairo—who police claim took a payment from Smollett along with his brother for a falsified assault that was made to look like a hate crime—won his Chicago Golden Gloves championship […]
UPDATED 7:12 p.m. ET: The City of Chicago is planning on suing Jussie Smollett after the actor refused to pay for the investigation of the Jan. 29 hate crime he reported, TMZ reports. “Mr. Smollett has refused to reimburse the City of Chicago for the cost of police overtime spent investigating his false police report on January 29, […]
Prosecutors recently dropped their charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett after he was accused of faking a hate crime. Speaking with TMZ, R. Kelly’s lawyer Stevel Greenberg thinks the dismissal of Smollett’s case doesn’t bode well for the disgraced Chicago singer. “I think it makes it more difficult for a friendly disposition because they’re going to be extremely […]
Jussie Smollett, who had all his charges drop by prosecutors in Chicago, was a no-show at this year’s NAACP Image Awards in Hollywood. Smollett was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Empire, but lost to Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams. Chris Rock was in attendance to present the award for Outstanding […]
Kim Foxx, the prosecutor who dropped the disorderly conduct charges against Jussie Smollett, explained the circumstances that allowed for the case’s dismissal in an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune. The Cook County state’s attorney defended her office’s decision to drop the 16 felony counts, noting that she welcomes an outside investigation into the matter, should it lack political motivation. Smollett […]
The Osundairo brothers seem to be doing pretty well after Jussie Smollett’s legal scandal. According to TMZ, Abel and Ola Osundairo’s fitness business is now flourishing. Apparently, hundreds of people have been contacting the brothers for training and diet plans. The pair are now promoting a new “Team Abel” fitness package on social media. The […]
Jussie Smollet’s attorney has presented a new theory as to why the actor couldn’t identify his purported attackers and originally thought they were white: they wore “whiteface.” Attorney Tina Glandian made the suggestion on the Today show on Thursday, after being asked why Smollett didn’t recognize the Ola and Abel Osundairo, even though the actor knows […]
The Cook County prosecutor who cleared Jussie Smollett in the alleged hate crime hoax said he is still convinced the Empire star is guilty. “I do not believe he is innocent,” First Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph Magats told CBS Chicago on Tuesday. Smollett was previously accused of staging his own attack in late January, when he told police […]
The Illinois state attorney’s office has dropped the charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett, who was indicted on 16 felony counts for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself in January. “Today, all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped and his record has been wiped clean of the filing of this tragic complaint against him,” a statement from […]
Empire co-creator Lee Daniels took to Instagram on Wednesday to briefly discuss how the ongoing Jussie Smollett case has impacted himself, the cast, and the hit Fox TV series as a whole. “These past couple of weeks have been a freakin’ rollercoaster,” Daniels said. “We have, me and my cast have experienced pain and anger and sadness […]
