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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Jussie Smollett headed back to jail after conviction for hoax attack upheld on appeal

2023-12-02

[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] On Friday, an Illinois appeals court upheld disgraced actor Jussie Smollett

...Cable TV actor whose primary talents seemed to be being black and being homosexual. In a bid for national attention, he paid a pair of Nigerian brothers to rough him up a little so he could claim that two large, white, MAGA hat-wearing men had shouted This is MAGA country! while thumping him at 2:30am on a bitter cold night in Chicago and throwing bleach on him, presumably to lighten him up. The story quickly unraveled, and he became a laughingstock and the poster boy for pretend victimization and attention whoredom...
's conviction for staging a hate crime attack against himself. He was found guilty of wasting police time, among other things.

According to TMZ, the three-panel court ruled 2-1 in favor of upholding the conviction.

Smollett was convicted in 2021 and spent just 6 days in Cook County jail before being released while appealing the conviction. With the conviction being upheld, the actor will return to finish out his 150-day sentence.

Smollett’s team could decide to appeal the case to the Illinois Supreme Court, which could then decide whether or not to hear the case.

According to The Messenger, Justice David Navarro wrote that under Illinois law, the 2019 agreement reached with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office "is not a final disposition of the case, and will not bar another prosecution for the same offense."

Smollett was found guilty of five of six charges of disorderly conduct after a two-week trial in late 2021. Smollett claimed that he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
, in which he said MAGA hat-wearing white men poured bleach on him, used a rope fashioned into a noose, and hurled racist and homophobic insults at him.

Police were able to discover the identity of his alleged attackers by tracking information on who ordered the Uber that dropped them off.

Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo were identified as suspects, and were arrested when they returned from a trip to Nigeria.

The prosecution has during the trial stated that Smollett hired the Osundairo brothers to stage the attack.

Surveillance footage captured Smollett and the brothers going through a dry run of the attack in the days prior.

In September, attorneys for Smollett requested that the conviction be dismissed, claiming that the actor’s Fifth Amendment rights had been violated.

The actor’s claims were supported by many, including Vice President Kamala Harris, who wrote, "Jussie Smollett s one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I’m praying for his quick recovery.

"This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate."

Posted by:Fred

#3 Smollett’s team could decide to appeal the case to the Illinois Supreme Court, which could then decide whether or not to hear the case.

The cheek of these assholes. This loser only got a slap on the wrist as it is and had favors called in to the Obamas. No, no obstruction of justice here. Just suck it up, loser (no pun intended).

Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-12-02 09:53

#2 I'm sure Jussie is used to being a Bottom, even if there aren't bunks

Posted by: Frank G 2023-12-02 09:47

#1
His bogus inflammatory staged racial act, is responsible to a number of deaths, Riots, Injuries, and $$$ Millions in related Looting.

So why only 150 days for filing a false Police report and the harm he caused?

Illinois Statute Chapter 720. Criminal Offenses § 5/26-1 section (4) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner to any peace officer, public officer or public employee a report to the effect that an offense will be committed, is being committed, or has been committed, knowing at the time of the transmission that there is no reasonable ground for believing that the offense will be committed, is being committed, or has been committed;

Sentence: Ill. Slap on the wrist despite it being a Class 4 felony violation.

Posted by: NN2N1 2023-12-02 09:15

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