Jussie Smollett’s lawyer claims he was ‘a real victim’ during opening statementsBy Patrick Reilly
November 29, 2021 9:56pm
Jussie Smollett’s attorney said the former “Empire” star was “a real victim” of a crime on Monday while prosecutors said he staged a hate crime during the opening arguments of Smollett’s trial in Chicago.
Smollett “developed a secret plan that would make it appear that there was actually a hate crime that actually occurred against him by supporters of Donald Trump,” special prosecutor Dan Webb told jurors, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Webb slammed Smollett’s allegedly false police report as a “despicable act” that “denigrated something as serious as a hate crime.”
Smollett was charged with six felony counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report in 2019 after police say he staged a fake hate crime. ...
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