Jussie Smollett Updates Part 10 (Tuna Meltdown)

All hail Our Boo:

Shocking that no one has thought to ask NPH his thoughts on this drama. I'm sure whatever she has to say would be profound.

NPH is a walking and talking STD.

Because I know I will have to do it at some point. Reposting it now:

Reminder: For anyone starting to feel sorry for Jussie, I encourage you to read this. Especially the last paragraph.

Bringing over this exchange I saw on Part Six. It highlights just how fucking vile Jussie is. Basically a garbage human:

Jussie apparently made the cops very suspicious when he showed them where he was attacked and then pointed to a camera and said “good thing a camera is there to catch it.” Lol (The camera pointed in another direction, so my prediction he did try to stage it all for a viral video was correct.)

We get to see the hate mail, which looks like a preschooler sent it...and they’ve found a bunch of ripped up magazine in the Nigerians apartment. The FBI says thanks.

And Jussie said he was absolutely ready to press charges on his attackers, but then when cops revealed they had the Nigerians in custody he changed his mind.

God the cops must be having a million laughs with this epic moron at this point. He falls into every trap they lay like clockwork. R 566

R 566 that speaks volumes about his sociopathic tendencies. When the CPD told him they had two suspects in custody he was ready to press charges. He had no qualms about sending two innocent white men to prison for this fabricated crime. This guy is a total scumbag. R 585

Goddamn! I'm finally caught up, I think.

You should get a medal r5. Thanks for sticking it out.

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Please welcome to the stage: TUNA MELTDOWN

Sorry R1, I have basically ignored him, but why do you like the news guy so much? I have read his tweets or whatever but do you know this guy (is he gay?)?

I don't have time to read through all 600 posts on the last thread.

Any developments today?

Ah, welcome "I didn't have time to read, please update me" troll. We are now just waiting on the CNN troll to get things rolling.

Excuse me for having a life, r11

His slick lawyers are on the case.

R11 In fairness to R10, less lazy OPs would've included a brief summary of new events that occurred over the previous thread.

Waiting for an indictment, today or tomorrow,

R9 He is our boo

Our Patron Boo.

I stand by original statement that Jussie is arrested by Friday

Listen, bitches, this shit has been going on long enough that if you aren't caught up and you don't know what the fuck is going on, then you're a casual viewer and we have no time for you.

Go figure it out on your own.

Does Hannity ever stream previous shows? Said boo was on last night and I heard he did us proud.

Between this and everyone now knowing he pulled a scam in 2007 of claiming to be his brother when pulled over by LAPD for possible DUI, he's fucked!!!

Twitter accounts to be tuned into for latest updates. @RaferWeigel, @RobElgasABC7, @CharlieDeMar, @tvbrad, @CWBChicago

Here's what we have been waiting for, video of the brothers buying clothing worn in the assault.

Great video. The problem is that it, like pretty much all the other potential evidence we know about, implicates only the brothers. It's their word against Jussie's re whether they were acting in concert with him. He may not be quite as dim as we've thought.

I love seeing them try and butch it up in the beauty supply store.

Annnnddd as I predicted, the LaQuan McDonalds lawyer is his first counsel. Mark joined so he can be the face of the legal counsel because they don’t want it out there about the Chicago teams past representation. Somebody should send that in to a few tipsters like TMZ.

If they can get Jussie's financial records they can probably tie in it.

R26 Where did you hear that? Though I'm not surprised.

Are you nuts R26? Don't you think people already know that? Go ahead, send it to TMZ, they would be laughing their asses off.

[quote]Great video. The problem is that it, like pretty much all the other potential evidence we know about, implicates only the brothers. It's their word against Jussie's re whether they were acting in concert with him. He may not be quite as dim as we've thought.

r24, I think it's probably more like, Jussie's benefitting from the fact that the brothers are equally dim. But yeah, it seems somewhat possible that this case could end up going nowhere due to lack of evidence definitively demonstrating whether Jessie paid the brothers to participate in a hoax or the brothers legitimately attacked Jussie for reasons unknown.

BREAKING: Our news crew spots Chicago brothers and their attorney in Smollett investigation at courthouse entering a grand jury room. Unclear if they are actually testifying before a grand jury.

SIGNIFICANT: Video Shows Brothers Linked To Jussie Smollett Attack Buying Items Allegedly Worn In Assault

"If the sandwich ain't bit, you must acquit!!!"

My colleague @vincefloress who is at courthouse says brothers and their attorney walked into Grand Jury room at 3:46. @cbschicago

EXCLUSIVE:

I tracked down surveillance of the Osundairo's buying supplies before "attack"

Sources say Jussie Smollet told brothers what to buy.

Countless phone calls placed for this.

Visited more stores than I wish to admit. @cbschicago

I would love to know how Johnnie would have handled this case.

MORE: @ABC7Chicago has also learned subpoenas have been issued to obtain records from Jussie Smollett.

I love how there are literally hourly updates of this ongoing investigation. I have to give major props for the local reporters following this story including Boo and others.

Prosecutors and Jussie's lawyers met today, apparently.

Let's hope it's true, as stated at r35, that there are tons of phone records of Jussie giving the brothers instructions.

These local reporters are hitting it out of the park...Seriously, going around to local stores trying to find the one the brothers bought the supplies from. Literally, a needle in a haystack but they succeeded.

Agree r38 Very impressive. Funny how almost all, if not all of the reporters EXCEPT our boo are family, but let's ignore that irritating little factoid.

Real journalism in 2019?! Who would have thought?

How long does Jussie think he can just wholesale avoid speaking with the police about this? Last week, there was no one on Planet Earth he wouldn’t have spoken with about his “attack.”

I think often when jewish and gay narcissism is combined in one individual it can be off the charts. Another example at link-

BREAKING: Cook County S.A. Kim Foxx’s reason for recusal in Smollett investigation. ⁦@cbschicago⁩

OMG could you imagine the phone records... yes, clorox, not generic...

r44 Jussie will never speak with the cops again, anything else he says will be said through his attorney.

R46 Wonder if it was Jurnee. Although by the looks of er not sure she can use a phone

I picture Jussie in a straitjacket with a ball gag, with a Valium drip in his arm, in a soundproof padded cell in an undisclosed location. That's the ONLY way his lawyers could have gotten this narcissistic blabbermouth to shut up for more than 5 minutes.

I just hope he likes taking it up the ass, that light skinned booty is about to get tore up in the jailhouse!

Do you think he’s holed up in his Chicago apt. for days since all this unraveled? Has he been back to Subway?

oh oh

How does it work when someone reports a crime and then refuses to cooperate with police? Can they just work around him, using what the brothers have said? Can the brothers work an immunity deal?

IT'S HAPPENING!!!

BREAKING From Chicago police—

“Case Update: Jussie Smollett is now officially classified as a suspect in a criminal investigation by #ChicagoPolice for filing a false police report (Class 4 felony). Detectives are currently presenting evidence before a Cook County Grand Jury.”

I still believe him. You guys are all way too gleeful trying to take him down. I wonder why that is? 🤔

He better jump in a Bronco now because his time is almost up

R56 is mentally retarded.

Two brothers in #JussieSmollett case walked into the door marked “Grand Jury” at Cook County Courthouse about 30 min ago. Standing outside the door now.

Ryan Murphy, i hope you're taking notes for ACS!

Yep, it's on CPD's twitter feed:

Oh this is getting good.

I have not read all of the last 9 threads *gasp*, why are people so into this? Who hangs out talking about this story 24-7. Dude stupid...the end.

Oh FUUUUUCK, down she goes. Hold me DL

Jussie's attempts at street cred haven't done well for him.

A DUI he blamed on his younger brother and paying two Nigerians to pose as rednecks for a fake beating?

here we go

I stepped away for an hour and Part 9 closed up shop. But I need to respond to a poster ho accused many in these threads of being racist,

He/she specifically called me out for my suggestion to check Laura Ingraham @ 10PM on you know what channel.

I Purposely said that I had my main TV on CNN for Don Lemon @10. I was so hoping that he would address the issue at least. But as it began to be evident that he might well avoid the subject I noted that Ingraham was going to have a segment on it(which I learned while watching Don on my main TV.)

I am in the pro sports industry. I have a room in my house with 8 TVs specifically for the purpose of being able to view many sporting events simultaneously. If the accusing poster considers my having one of the lesser screens on FNC to be a de facto indicator of my racism and the attendant endorsement of Ingraham he/she is being ridiculous. I wanted to see all the coverage and if that included FNC then so be it.

Are they waiting to tack on the mail terrorism (or however it may be classified) charge? I guess that can be added later.

you're dense R63: this story got EVERYTHING, it's literally "western culture 2019" 101!

This is so fucking awesome! I'm about to Mary! to death. I love you all! (almost) I will everything to Our Boo's dog shelter of choice.

R67, and I took your comment and ran with it and watched that segment of Laura Ingraham’s show. And reported back. If someone thinks I’m a racist for watching three minutes of a FOX program, oh well.

R70 MARY to death lol.... MARY!!

Somebody please get ready to film the "JUSSIE SCREAM" when he's arrested -- the 2019 version of the DIANA SCREAM!

MUG SHOT! MUG SHOT! MUG SHOT!

WHY JUSSIE WHY????!!!!

R67 and R71, we're all grown-ass adults and it's time we stop apologizing for whatever the fuck we choose to read or watch. I'm over kowtowing.

Jussie will be with his family and handlers.

When the cops show up, his collapse will go like this.

[quote]I have not read all of the last 9 threads *gasp*, why are people so into this?

DL loves persecuting SJWs, there is at least one big black cock involved. Perfect storm.

R56, Mr. Naive. And subtly trying to play the race card.

R79 Persecute? Oh MARY, choose your words betterer.

No, R80. I just don't trust the CPD.

Officially a suspect in orchestrating his own attack.

LOL.

SJWs have created a culture of mob persecution without proof not seen since the Salem witches reeked havoc.

Throw him in the river and see if he floats, R84.

R56 we’re all viscous racists, every last one of us

Vicious

I’m viscous.

[R86]

I only get viscous when I've had too much to drink.

R84. Right. SJW'S have done more to get Trump elected and have people become Republicans , than any other group in the last 50 years . EVERYONE is sick of their shit

R82 the CPD police commission is a black man, are you saying you don't trust a black man to run things?

Truly, what a spectacular downfall. And so quick.

How many cans of tuna does one Jussie need for a sandwich ?

I didn't think Jussie ate fish?

For the records, according to Jussie, the salad was for him and the tuna sub for the guy back at his apartment.

Lol at screaming “racist” at anyone who is able to think properly.

The local reporters did an amazing job while the national media did their best to keep the truth from coming out. I'll never forget people in Hollywood calling for our boo Rob to be fired for daring to report a story different from the one the national media were selling.

Honestly I still think they took way too long to name him a suspect in the day and age of political correctness-- they and everyone else has known this for a long time. How is family is sticking by him is beyond me- my Mom would be spanking my ass!!

CNN: FBI Director Christopher Wray to Speak on Status of Jussie Smollett Investigation at 8:00pm EST

Took you long enough to show up r98 I was worried.

WTF stop with the FBI 8:00pm shit... you are blocked!

Cherry on a racist sundae!

From CWB Chicago:

Well Fox, what do you think about your "consummate professional" now? You got the con part right at least.

Reminder: Smollett could also face federal charges if it's found he lied to FBI agents or U.S. Postal Inspectors who were investigating that "hate" letter he said he received.

R103 And Ava DuVernay. But she and the other Twitter SJWs will never admit that it was a hoax and will never delete their tweets. They will just double down and triple down after they come up with a way to say the charges are racist or homophobic.

R68 the threatening letter is the FBI’s territory, totally separate from the CPD’s investigation of the fake attack. The FBI is yet to drop their bomb on Jussikins.

Remember, a lot of the FEDERAL part of the investigation re: the letter has been already done. I love how only now the MSM are reminding that it is waiting in the wings, when citizen journalists already had the receipts and the article about it being so far along. No one would pick it up. Now they'll probably steal it for themselves. Cunts

Exactly r106 and that bomb is ready and waiting. See the article at R107

R105, no need to keep doubling down on his innocence. The simpler tactic for them is to go with the tried-and-true "It Was a Lie That Exposed a Greater Truth" schtick. We're already seeing it rolled out -- for example, in that Advocate article at the end of the Part 9 thread.

The Advocate article also used the angry, accusatory tone that's necessary to put this shit over. Remember, for a narcissist and his enablers, the best defense is a good offense. See also: Trump.

This is wonderful!!

This couldn’t happen to a more smug, arrogant, race-baiting piece of shit.

If all of this hasn't been exciting enough. Someone on another thread dug up old footage of Our Boo

Jail for Jussie!!

This thread wouldn't be filling up so fast if the OP didn't make a comment every 2 minutes.

R111 = I don't like the way that Whore is flirting with Boo....

Jussie and all his supporters right now...

Calm down R113-- it's fun to read this stuff...

We should mass tweet Eva Duvernay right now.

R114, what you don't like is how boo is enjoying her flirting.

The way it's being reported on my local FOX affiliate.

At the pagesix link above, there is a linked story that has video of the brothers buying masks. The amount of cop time on this has been extensive, they are really crossing every T.

I fear he may skate in Chicago. Re: the fed law, the statute specifies mailing it to another person, but he mailed it to himself? Others were exposed. Hopefully he will not be able to blow of federal charges.

Re: what he did to his brother, people like that do not change. Therapy is not gonna change Jussie. There must be so much that is being covered up. Maybe the whole family is like him, happens sometimes. They sound like people in a cult.

I wonder what percentage of these posts are from Jussie.

So any bets on when he will pull his fake suicide attempt?

R40, I think the volume of calls referred to calls placed by the reporter trying to track down video.

The greater truth is that Smollet needed glory of the most pathetic kind, that and some buzz for his commercial projects. For all his vinaigrette-dressed speeches about "fam", he's got no connection too close to screw over.

Anyone hard-core enough to still be supporting this asshole (Ava Duvarney, Gabby Sidibe etc.) and retweeting that Malcolm X quote is a lost cause. They’ll still be bleating “racist cops! LIARS!!” to the bitter end no matter what the evidence shows.

Hilarious that he still has his defenders, who don't trust the CPD. As if they have a reason to invent this elaborate crime fantasy against a D-List celebrity!

What great publicity - when does his music drop?

Remember when I searched the Grammy nominations for my name and when I didn't find it, started looking in other categories thinking they picked me for another genre?

Turns out Gabby Sidibe really is as stupid as she looks.

R121, would he really be dumb enough to post anything online knowing his electronic movements could be tracked? Nevermind, we all know the answer to that question.

So the Grand Jury is happening right now?

R121 I think R50 has it figured out where Jussie is right now.

Other reports say the check Jussie wrote to the Brother for $3,500 said "for training" on it. So it might not be a slam dunk here.

I hope we get live video of him being arrested.

Between Jussie updates and Meghan Markle’s shit show in NYC - I cant get ANYTHING done. They should be BFF’s.

More than likely they will ask him to come to the station R133. Of course it will be a frenzy if people and the media find out what day and time that is.

R98 oh thank God you’re here! I was so worried you wouldn’t make it! Do you have time to rub my clit before the briefing?

R133, if we do, any bets on what he'll call out to his fans?

"FIGHT THE POWER!" or perhaps....

"BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!"

This story just led the CBS Evening News. So he's officially a suspect and they're actively looking for him. That's a big deal.

R137, he shouldn't be tweeting anything because his location can be tracked through his tweets.

R133 I think CWB Chicago said that no perp walks allowed with the CPD, though with the Feds we might get one. But if he's in jail already, likely not. Rip off!

You have to remember his lawyer WANTS this to go before a jury. His lawyer got three Chicago cops acquitted for being accessories in the shooting of an unarmed black man. In front of a jury, the slimy lawyers can spin any tale they want. It will be some tear jerker story.

r105 see r125 and some fucking idiots on this very thread. What they will do now is say the corrupt CPD tortured this confession out of the brothers. Never underestimate the lengths dipshits will go to to defend their stupidity.

R132 I expected as much since the training was Jussie's go-to explanation.

It didn't wok because there's no way he didn't recognize his friends, throught voice and gait and general shape (he knows them as a pair) let alone mistake them for whites guys.

I presume cops have more than the check to go on.

Is Jussie "at large?"

From what I have read, the check was for more then what they were owned R143 and it was implied the extra was their acting as muggers.

Right, r143, and now is where Jussie will roll on them and claim his friends attacked him and he was so sad to see that he had to go into hiding, etc. I hope he gets fucking pummeled by some black thugs who don't appreciate privileged narcs like him.

With that gorgeous cock, he will always be "at large"

Jussie should be in Chicago, yes? FOX/Empire tweeted he was still shooting on Empire recently if I'm not mistaken.

R145 But wasn't it the case that when he saw it was the brothers they were holding he said he didn't want to press charges? How could he walk that back now?

The check payment story

He'll get probation. I'm calling it now. I'm not happy about it, but because he's rich, he'll get a slap on the wrist and we'll be explained how this is a "teachable moment".

So even the Times has come out and said Jessuh is a suspect.

Rafer Weigel:

For those asking me why I only went on @seanhannity @IngrahamAngle and @ShannonBream on @FoxNews, to talk #JussieSmollett and not any others—simply, they are the national TV shows that asked me to come on.

But his career R150. I don't know how he comes back from this.

A black jury will find him guilty as hell right off the bat. It’s the white marshmallows that will acquit because of their white guilt and their intense fear to not appear racist at any cost.

If he's scheduled on set the authorities will arrest him at the studio. Contrary to the Fox press release, I tend to believe the reports his part has been reduced to little more than an extra.

No way in hell, R150. He's going to do time.

These brothers have a tremendous work ethic...look at the weather conditions when they went shopping:

R150 may be right. Unless they are able to trace the letter to him, but that's not a sure thing. Also, he sent it to himself so that might not be a crime.

The substance would R157, even if it were fake.

Yes r148 and that will come into play. He will say that when he saw it was his friends who mugged him (through the lineup), he didn't want to press charges or some shit like that.

R150 is correct. Jussie will be thanked for helping us to start this valuable conversation. But Jussie is far from rich. His show is not a top tv show and nobody knew him before that. He’s not highly paid for Umpire. Especially when you compare it to other shows and actors.

R157, as someone mentioned in one of these many threads, he sent the letter to the studio. In doing so he effectively put many lives at risk even though it truned out to be a harmless powder. There are people doing 20 years in Federal prison for the same act.

Have they found him yet?

R157, he sent the letter to himself care of his studio, so it would have gone thru the mailroom and been handled by all kinds of people. He opened it with someone else (his manager? I forget exactly who) and discussed it with his colleagues. I think you can make the case that he didn't just mail it "to himself."

I found an article from the NYT about his “defiant” concert just a few days after the “attack” and it has the juiciest quotes in it — so delicious considering his scam:

[quote]Smollett said that although he was not yet fully healed, “I had to be here tonight.” He said he couldn’t let his attackers win, referring to them with an expletive.

[quote]Smollett said he was not hospitalized, and that “Above all, I fought back,” inserting an expletive.

[quote]That line received the loudest cheers of the night, but the crowd was enthusiastic even before the performance began. The line for entry stretched down the street as fans waited in the rain and activists handed out pamphlets.

Jussie, when the cops show up at the studio asking for him:

That's right, R160. He helped start the precious fucking conversation. The conversation that SJWs have been using to browbeat and intimidate and bore the living shit out of all of us for years. Ever notice that when someone says, "We need to have a conversation," you always know you're in for some accusatory bloviation?

R164 So brave!

NBC news reporting he’ll be arrested and booked soon, and his mugshot will be released soon after that.

R164 I loved how the media made it a big deal when in reality it was at the Troubadour in LA which holds only 400 people. He could only draw 400 people in the second largest market in the country.

Is it possible for Jussie to pose for his mugshot while holding a tuna sandwich?

And a salad

Don't forget the salad!

r161 and r163 Yeah and don't forget the bomb squad type people had to be called in, evacuated the place, had to wear fucking hazmat suits and all kind of shit. It was pretty fucking disruptive and surely scared people.

Grand jurors hearing evidence in #JussieSmollett case are about to be escorted out of the building. We’ve just been asked to move away from the door.

So it is true what they say about grand juries. They're indict anything including a ham sandwich. Make that a tuna sandwich. And a salad.

I don't want any of you to remember me. I just don't care anymore.

[R170/171]

Why should I be in the mugshot? I didn't do anything wrong."

As we speak, Jussie prepares for his big moment.

R175 That's because you're full of E. coli

I wonder if he will transform into a Jew when he gets arrested and claim the police are like the gestapo carting him off to Auschwitz?

I mean, whatever works, amirite?

Has anyone considered the possibility that the brothers arranged all this and set Jussie up?

While we are in a lull waiting for the latest. Just making sure we are going for Lettuce Pray for the next thread. Hunching things are about to take off fast.

[R181] Then how do you explain all the phone calls and voicemails

SORRY Lettuce Prey

CNN/Miss Lemon are finally covering this story, belatedly and grudgingly. Doesn’t fit their preferred “RACISTS! RACISTE EVERYWHERE!” storylines. At all.

I hope that the brothers have cleaned up their apartment that looked like a hoarder's haven.

We need to send him a giant container of vaseline

Don Lemon said he talked to Jussie every day since the attack. What does he say now?

At this point it's the brothers' word against Jussie's. They made all the arrangements, bought the masks and the hats and the rope.

Eat shit, Susan Richardson at r100.

R98 is rapidly becoming my new favorite troll.

Sorry, Darfur Orphan, I know you’ve had it rough - now go kick rocks!

I want Jussie to show up to be booked while in full faggotry glory. Nothing short of Antoine Dodson level, anything less would be so disappointing.

That was after the police searched it R186. They are not known for being tidy when the search a place.

...and the magazines were found in their apartment.

I wonder if Don's texts/phone records got subpoenaed?

R189, you are right. Maybe the police have phone/text messages that back up the brothers. If not, Jussie may walk.

r181 Only dummies like you and Ava Duvernay. That will be what he claims though. Why the fuck would his friends who he pays for "training" set him up? So that he could become unemployable and not be able to pay him anymore? You're a fucking idiot.

[quote]Don Lemon said he talked to Jussie every day since the attack. What does he say now?

The FBI troll would be very funny if it were believable that the FBI would wait until 8pm to hold a press conference like that. The FBI would be more likely to speak at 2pm or 4 pm. 8pm ruins the troll.

R186 I think some of that mess was due to the police ransacking the apartment looking for specific items.

Maybe there were naked pictures of Don Lemon on the phone? I’m sure Jussie has called Apple and reset his iPhone by this time.

r174, but will they indict a ham actor?

well done, r201.

He’s going to bankrupted by legal fees unless Lee Daniels pays for them.

Jussie's about to receive another piece of mail.....

Come on...this bitch needs to be in handcuffs TONIGHT!

And to think he brought this all on himself. It boggles the mind, doesn't it?

Saeed Jones @theferocity Note the surety with which people are declaring Jussie Smollett’s career “over! down with! finished!” Because we all know good and well that black gay men in Hollywood don’t get second chances. Jussie knows this too, I’m assuming, so it’s just another reason I’m baffled by him.

Story going international

How long before Ava DuVernay lashes out at the media for denying Jussie's truth?

Anita Alvarez had to stick her smelly snatch in this mess, too.

Aww. Gloria thinks he has a conscience, bless her heart.

[quote]Gloria Schmidt the attorney for the the two brothers says #JussieSmollett is lying and the “truth will set him free” adding she doesn’t know how Jussie Smollett’s conscience lets him sleep at night.

Thom Bierdz hasn't tweeted in 21 hours and Jussie is now officially a suspect of committing a hoax and hasn't been heard from all day. Coincidence?

Thom's last tweet-

Have any of his siblings imploded yet?

Those FBI agents better be putting in work to get the tea. I need to know who he was slinging that five dollar foot long to, STAT.

Report on my desk by 9am tomorrow bitch!

Also from Boo2's Twitter...

[quote]Schmidt says her clients have been granted “no immunity and no plea deal” because he clients did nothing wrong.

[quote]Schmidt adds her clients testified before a Grand Jury for about “2 and half hours”.

R207 Golf clap for Saeed Jones, deftly turning this story of a racist asshole hoaxing a hate crime into a story of oppression of black, gay actors. We'll be seeing a LOT more of this tortured victimhood narrative in the coming days.

Juicy, you in danger girl!

The gleeful chatter is rather unseemly. Being circumspect would be a more appropriate response to this charade.

The check is one thing, but ladies please don't forget the FBI says the mail has a total mistake (tell) in it-- he in trubbble!

Interesting. Here is Kim Foxx, the state's attorney who recused herself, with Kamala Harris.

What mistake r219? (Or which mistake?)

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

[quote]“Shortly after the incident occurred in late January, State’s Attorney Foxx had conversations with a family member of Jussie Smollett about the incident and their concerns..."

OMG did Jurnee report him?

But still a galling radio silence from Susan Dey.

Looks like she’s left another one out in the cold.

“Circumspect?” Really?

When this story really does have EVERYTHING??

Kamala Harris really fucked up by inserting herself in this mess.

R218

Grand juries hand down indictments a vast majority of the time because the threshold of evidence is much lower than at a trial, where it's "beyond a reasonable doubt." Grand juries indict based on a preponderance of the evidence.

R195 The CPD has had a team of detectives working on this for weeks (ditto the FBI.) Pretty sure they have ample evidence to make their case, over and above the tidbits that are known publicly.

well has long as it has "everything" then personal dignity be damned. Let's make a carnival out of another reminder than humans are "weak, corrupt and half-hearted."

So is Don Lemon just going to pretend like this story doesn’t exist?

Jussie is DEAD TO ME.

He has been charged with felony disorderly conduct. On the telly now.

CNN right now: State’s Attorney has charged Jussie with a felony.

R231 something that makes a fellow snow queen come out in a bad light? Never

Disorderly conduct? Well, whatever it is, come on TMZ where are your spies? WHERE IS THE MUGSHOT?

Bond hearing set for 1:30 tomorrow as per Our Boo

Smollett’s attorneys must have negotiated the charge down to felony disorderly conduct rather than a hate crime. And what about filing a false police report?

Felony disorderly conduct...

[quote]Disorderly conduct charged as a felony may result in an increased punishment. A Class 4 felony may result in a term of imprisonment for one to three years, while a Class 3 felony can lead to a sentence of two to five years. For a Class 3 felony, the Illinois disorderly conduct laws specifically require a fine in an amount between $3,000 and $10,000.

[quote]For each sentence, state law requires an additional penalty of 30 to 120 hours of community service if available in the local area.

Before we all get too deflated, remember the Federal charges are looming.

They must think they have an excellent case R239.

[quote]His lawyer got three Chicago cops acquitted for being accessories in the shooting of an unarmed black man

I NEED to see Ava DuVernay's face when she finds out about that.

This is unsatisfying.

Felony disorderly conduct will get prosecutors where they want to go without getting tangled up in proving the elements of a hate crime.

Turn yourself in Miss Jussie!

This is just going to make matters worse. He'll plead guilty to this weenie charge, but will still be a FELON - no votes for you, Smollett! And they can still slap him with a hefty fine for the waste of manpower and resources.

And his career, of course, is deader than Princess Radziwill.

Meanwhile, deadly silence from the FBI.

Tomorrow at 1:30 there is going to be called in a bond court.

Miss Lemon regrets she's unable to work tonight....madam.

I really wish I could understand what he's thinking. He put about as much planning into this as DL Fave Chris Watts.

There's much easier, and legal, ways to get press

Marry me, R249.

I heard that in Bobby Short's voice, BTW.

[quote]And to think he brought this all on himself. It boggles the mind, doesn't it?

Err, no, that is in fact the case with virtually all criminal acts.

I truly don't get the fucking kid glove treatment for this piece of shit. I'm not saying drag him out into the street (I am totally saying that) but all of this dainty language "reasonable surrender", really? Get the fuck out of here with that nonsense.

Why hasn’t Susan Dey commented? It’s been 22 days and she can't pull the stick out of her ass for 10 seconds to issue a one-sentence statement about Jussie Smollet saving his sandwich from two swole, underpaid marauding actors? WTF is up with her? Would it kill her to not be awful for a minute?

I want a full-on raid on his house, with him being dragged out kicking and screaming in handcuffs.

R253, they’ve been extremely cautious with him!

Personally I hope it’s because they’re playing the long game and federal will be next.

I'm not at all convinced he's going to plead. I think he's hankering for a big dramatic trial scene, with courtroom-door statements and stirring testimony. Women will clutch their hankies. Men will sniff back manly tears. Transgenders will straighten their wigs gone askew with vigorous head-nodding. Folks will whisper that Jussie's the new MLK.

They'd rather not spark a race riot in Chicago, R253.

R258 Nobody is going to riot over Mussie Jussie honey

[quote]I NEED to see Ava DuVernay's face when she finds out about that.

She knows. You can bet on it. Her and her ilk will justify it as”well if he, the lawyer, can serve the criminal white man then he can serve the (criminal) black man too”. Hypocrites with that mindset can justify anything.

Oh, my fellow Jussiephiles!

I have a long weekend coming up and booked a trip to Chicago today.

Expect reports from the Subway shop and an exciting photo tour of the crime scene, if not a dispatch from federal court!

Jussie isn’t a real name.

Tonight you're gonna go down in flames

Just like Jussie James

[quote]Interesting. Here is Kim Foxx, the state's attorney who recused herself, with Kamala Harris.

Anyone trying to make this about Kamala is a neo-fascist troll and should get the F&F.

^^^Oops wrong thread, meant to post on BRF thread

Weigh in on this thread please about sucking off Charlie

This could also help

The ski masks the brothers bought

Jussie Smollet cut from Empire episode:

OMG!!!

I’m thinking this all started because his dick pics didn’t make a splash.

What happens now? Does he surrender and then get put in jail until a bail hearing? How embarrassing for everyone involved.

That horrible Susan Dey also said nothing about the death of Princess Lee Radziwill, R254. Susan is trash.

Are the Empire producers still standing by him? A felony is pretty serious.

[quote]I think some of that mess was due to the police ransacking the apartment looking for specific items.

Nope. That's who got the blame, of course, but it wasn't the police. I used to do collections and appraisals in slummy areas of the city. That's exactly the kind of pigsty I walked into all the time. It's just how some people live. Especially deadbeats who don't pay their bills.. I LOL'd when I saw the early reporting on that. They blamed to cops for trashing the Nigerian thugs' apartment when it probably looked better after they left.

Hilarious that dumb and dumber are on tape buying black ski masks. This story is like a cartoon come to life.

It is amazing that a local reporter hunted around until he found the store and got the video. They are doing the job of the cops and they should get credit.

Why did he do this?

My money is on factitious disorder r278.

He probably doesn't even understand why he did it.

Guys, seriously, which way do I go on this now?

[quote]These local reporters are hitting it out of the park...Seriously, going around to local stores trying to find the one the brothers bought the supplies from. Literally, a needle in a haystack but they succeeded.

[quote]It is amazing that a local reporter hunted around until he found the store and got the video. They are doing the job of the cops and they should get credit.

Oh my sides. You sweet summer child. Door to door? Hunted around? LOL. No, honey. This story is everywhere. The girl who sold the two morons the masks remembered them and called the cops who went to the store and looked at the tapes. A slow witted child could follow up on that lead.

"acid is groovy, kill the pigs" "...a small foreign faction" "this is MAGA country"

R280 not to 2020, that’s for sure.

I hope the Empire producers put him up to this so the story plays out all year.

Hold up. Does anyone remember a DL thread some weeks (months?) back with someone asking how to mail a letter anonymously? Some people chimed in with ideas, but a few wise posters told the dude not to do it because you can't get away with it.

Was that our Jussie?

It was Lee Daniels, Oprah and Tyler Perry!

R278, my own armchair-psychologist take is that, given his activist family, he was raised to see everything, absolutely everything, through the lens of social justice and oppression of minorities by whites. He obviously was instilled with some kind of savior complex, based on his Twitter bio, that blather about saving the world.

And then that world blew up. Trump was elected. A lot of people had near-psychotic breakdowns after election day. Everything they had ever been told was turned upside down. Everything they ever believed had seemingly been refuted. The impossible, the unthinkable had happened. Most of us got through it and just got on with life, but Jussie was one of those who just couldn't. And it felt to him like the world didn't understand the truth. And he wanted the outer world to do a better job of reflecting his own convictions and acknowledging his own inner feeling of victimhood and despair. And he wanted to be the savior that Told the Truth About Trump and turned the tide. It's just that (in his mind) to tell the truth, he had to lie a lot. But (in his mind) the lies were just a way of showing the truth. And so here we are.

Welcome to DL, R285.

Hmm. Interesting. Or maybe he thought it would help his career.

R287 actually I can see that, but definitely the publicity was a cherry on top.

Don Lemon is so trying to wiggle room for Jussie....

Sorry, R288. Unlike you, I am gainfully employed and was not able to read all the previous 1000 threads on this story like it's my job. Was it discussed? If so, on which thread?

Except it was not the cops, it was a reporter who made a lot of calls and went around and spoke to people who found some of the video. So you are wrong or they are lying.

La Lemon starting to give her take ...

Dude is so fucking hot to me.... and such a fucking mess!!!!

And the delusionists surrounding him.... MARY!

Agree about his enablers, R295.

His thinking is so disordered - for ex. what was the point of claiming to be his teen brother to the cops? Did he genuinely think it would not be found out? Re: the hoax, he did some things to hide it, then really stupid things. There must be so many stories that were fixed and cleaned.

Cancellation of 'Empire' in 3..2...1...

Yeah I like to think that the hoax just got way beyond what he can handle-- but I am frightened to think that now he will go to any lengths to deny it... even if convicted.

No Jussie! White folks did not need more reasons to hate and mistrust black people.

R296 No his thinking is not disordered, unless you mean disordered to mean stupid. Sometimes people do dumb shit because they ARE dumb, not because they have mental illness that makes them behave stupidly. That said, he IS a narcissist. IQ of a gnat and a narcissist, not a great combination.

Disorderly conduct? That sounds like a juvenile crime or someone intoxicated.

He isn't even trending on twitter.

I tuned into CNN to watch Don Lemon discuss this case tonight. He had an opening monologue about it and then had on two lawyers. Okay, so, I never watch CNN so I really don’t know if he’s always like this but —Don Lemon is not smart. He’s not articulate, struggles to ask detailed, thoughtful questions, takes these really long pauses as if he’s thinking very deeply and is about to say something profound and “important.” His two guests were talking circles around him and he would never ask the right follow-up questions. Instead, he would stop them to make a pronouncement that, I guess, sounds epic in his mind but comes off obvious or just stupid.

I will not be subjecting myself to that program ever again.

It’s painfully obvious why he did it, FFS.

R300 Narcissism is a personality disorder. He actually falls under having sociopathy. There’s a fine line between being/ doing something stupid and creating an eleborate hoax like he did.

Were we in Primetime? I couldn't post for a few hours. I liked the old site soooo much better. At least they let you know when the switched on Primetime. On this fucking site, I just assume some asshole FF'd me into oblivion.

So is Jussie behind bars yet?

R300 Actually he isn’t a sociopath he’s a textbook psychopath.

Don's problem is he didn't want to follow the story where it went.

So what if his scenes got cut on Empire? He doesn’t need that show. He could always fall back on Ripley Scott’s Alien franchise.

Does he have to surrender himself to authorities now? Is he hiding out somewhere? I can’t believe how dramatic this is getting. It really does seem like a plot-line on his night-time soap.

Lemon sure backtracked tonight. Originally, Jussie was his pal whom he talked to "every day". Tonight, Jussie "was not really a close friend" and he "only talked to him once in the hospital". Also, Lemon NOW says he was skeptical all along.

From another blog: "Guy shoukd get a medal. He is the first American to scam Nigerians"

For those asking about his manager and his older "friend" who called the police:

[quote] Police said the manager, Brandon Moore, is not a suspect but is rather a "cooperating witness.

[quote] Choreographer Frank Gatson, who made the 911 call about the alleged incident to police, is also considered a "cooperating witness," police said.

How much of this is a story beyond DL and the Chicago local news?

R311/R313

has Ellen commented yet or is she busy trying to find an Oscar Host?.....LoL

All these backtrackers like Lemon. They look ridiculous.

And where is that cunt Ava DuVernay? Bitch has been quiet tonight.

I think the part that bothers me the most is the hatred and anger he showed when speaking of the attack. It shows he's conflicted and self-loathing. You're half white Jussie so you better come to terms with that part of your history.

R311, remember when Aretha died he was her bestie, too. I wish people would realize cable news shows are just that, shows. He's not a journalist he's a cable news personality who offers personal opinions.

What would Ellen have to say besides, "I fucking knew it!" She didn't offer any grand statements of support or say anything at all and was totally flamed by people for it. And nice try r287 but no fucking way this had anything to do with anyone but Jussie and his worries that he was going to be out of a job soon. "near psychotic breakdowns"? JFC. Mary!

Don Lemon said he knew from the very beginning Jussie was lying because none of what he said made any sense. He been knew.

R314 It’s been the lead (or 2nd to lead) story on all 3 network evening news broadcasts for the past few days, so I guess that makes it a pretty major story.

And the charge of Disorderly Conduct is actually their version of filing a false police report, just as expected. And it’s a class IV felony.

We should have a mugshot sometime tomorrow.

R318, it’s funny that you mention that because at one point in tonight’s broadcast Don was very clear to point to himself and people on CNN and “cable news” as a journalists while Robin Roberts and her interview with Jussie had an “entertainment arm.” Like, he is participating in some hard journalism, not fluff and pablum (whichbis how I found his show).

He comes off as self-important and very impressed with himself.

And don't forget that there will be federal charges too. The best part is that he did this because the fake letter didn't get enough attention. But it turns out it did, it got the FBI involved and they figured out it was the brothers and had the cops arrest them.

Actually it doesn't make it a major story R321. I can't remember the last time I watched network news and according to DL I'm old. People aren't watching nightly news, they are checking twitter and Instagram and other sm.

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[quote] it got the FBI involved and they figured out it was the brothers and had the cops arrest them.

That's not what happened. They don't know who sent the letter yet. The brothers were tracked and arrested by the cops by other means.

Some people are jealous and just can't stand to see a successful black man, they have to tear him down. Don't give in Jussie!

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There are a lot more successful black men than Jussie R327.

R305 Yes I do know the difference, I work in mental health. Antisocial Personality Disorder (sociopath) is also a personality disorder. It's hard for us sometimes to diagnose these two because there is often some overlap and a person can have both disorders. We call them narcissistic sociopaths. With sociopaths there is more of a criminal component especially during childhood/ adolescence, but that's not an absolute. With Jussie, I think he's more NPD than APD because he's so unaware of the consequences of his actions, whereas a true sociopath is not only aware but they like to play at gaming their adversaries.

Jussie will be in Fake Rebab by Friday. Wait and see....

My mistake r325, I swear I had read on some twitters that people were pissed about Ellen cozying up to Kevin Hart yet totally ignoring Jussie. And yeah the FBI did get involved because of the letter and then when the fake hate crime happened they zeroed in on them. They were already in and investigating the mail threat when the racist homophobic MAGA assault circus popped up. That’s how Chicago PD knew about the brothers, and knew when they boarded a plane back to the US. The FBI was already watching.

Turns out Jussie isn't the first gay jewish hate crime hoaxer that's been caught.

Kerri Dunn, a leftist professor at Claremont McKenna college, tried to frame her white male students for trashing her car (which she did herself). She was sentenced in Dec. 2004 to one year in prison and a $20,000 fine (around $27,000 in 2019 dollars)

Where is Kerri Dunn today, in her mid-fifties? Professor in the Psychology department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY. She was allowed back into academia in 2012 and there she cruises along. Apparently there is forgiveness in academia, but only for certain crimes. There was once a wiki entry on Kerri Dunn, but it was scrubbed in 2010.

Ex-shoplifter and mid-late thirties convert to Judaism (sources say from Catholicism)? It was also reported in 2004 that she was a lesbian.

[quote] Grand juries hand down indictments a vast majority of the time because the threshold of evidence is much lower than at a trial, where it's "beyond a reasonable doubt." Grand juries indict based on a preponderance of the evidence.

Grand Juries only need find probable cause. Nothing near a preponderance of the evidence standard.

IF you could quantify it:

Beyond reasonable doubt standard - SHOULD be 99% with no reasonable ( as opposed to fanciful ) cause to doubt any of the essential elements of the crime

Clear and convincing standard - 75% - highly probable (e.g., often used in detaining a defendant without bond)

Preponderance standard - 51% - more likely than not (civil cases)

Probable cause standard - 5% - or even less depends on your jurisdiction LOL!

R333 What in the flying fuck? How did you even find something that? She's Jewish too, what is that supposed to MEAN?

One of my favorite tweets from the mess.

Christ, Jussie is such an annoying little phony in R325's clip. I never paid attention to him before this whole debacle, was he always this precious? Jeez...

I assume Ryan Murphy has found his next seasons American Crime Story? .....I'm sure Unemployed Rami Malek will be playing Jussie?......,I can't wait to see which Nigerian Brother Evan Peters is cast as......

She want to go to prison cause she has fetish for convict cock !!!!

R287 I nominate you for the DL Pulitzer prize for an incredibly well written and to the point answer to the most frequently asked question her: WHY???? A forensic psychiatrist could do no better.

We certainly had quite a few of out own who imploded after Election Day. And sadly, more than a handful have yet to get over it.

R336, who is this tweet genius? They're (what is it?) funny as hell.

That creature in R336 is doing some heavy self-medicating tonight.

They found out about the brothers through the phone records.

I think he just wanted attention. I don’t think there is any deeper meaning.

Angela Basset will be starring as Cookie Lyons in the American Crime Story: Jussie Smollet--- Ryan Murphy FX Adaptation?

WTF is a name like Titania McGrath??

This is really sad, Jussie is a good looking guy. I hope he doesn't have to serve at any jail time. He didn't hurt anybody. There are a lot of real criminals in Chicago, the cops should be spending their time looking for those, not harassing Jussie.

Too bad Wendy Williams is under the weather. I’d like to hear her take on all this.

Parody, R347?

wanna suk his lyin taint

Wow, your appreciation of character speaks for itself, R347.

Jussie's troubles might cause Gabourey Sidibe to overeat.

I love the Titania twitter account at r336. Every so often one of "her" parody tweets is so close to the stupidity that SJWs actually spew you can get fooled.

put him in a cell with Monique.....

[quote] Every so often one of "her" parody tweets is so close to the stupidity that SJWs actually spew you can get fooled.

Never heard of Titania before but I had to read down several screens before I got the joke. She makes it seem VERY real.

𝐂𝐍𝐍’𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧: ‘𝐓𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭’𝐬 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡’

On Wednesday, CNN’s Don Lemon reacted to the latest development in the Jussie Smollett saga by saying Tucker Carlson and President Donald Trump were going to “eat Jussie Smollett’s lunch.”

Smollett was charged on Wednesday for filing a false police report in relation to an alleged Jan. 29th assault that has made headlines.

Speaking on his show about the case, Lemon said that he didn’t think that Smollett’s decision to appear on Good Morning America to talk about the alleged attack was a good move.

He added that the Smollett case will now be used on cable news — and by the president of the United States — for political fodder and to push their agenda.

𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒆 𝑺𝒎𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕’𝒔 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅. 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒆 𝑺𝒎𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕’𝒔 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅,” 𝑳𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅, noting Trump watches cable news every night.

Contributor Midwin Charles then stressed that the Smollett case should not be allowed to make it so others are not believed.

“Well, the pushback on this needs to be that the framing cannot be that simply because of this one case, that all the other victims that come forward are somehow no longer believed,” Charles said. “That’s really important.”

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What a hypocrite

R356 Is 'lunch' code?

Don Lemon isn't capable of impartiality. He showed that tonight. Give Anderson another hour.

Gee Don, if Jussie hadn't faked the whole goddamn attack Hannity and Carlson wouldn't be able to "eat Jussie's lunch" now would they? This douchebag seems more concerned with idiot Jussie going on GMA and exposing himself and the ensuing political fallout than he does about the fact that now many black gay guys may not be believed when someone beats the living shit out of them.

Yeah I don't either apparently r357, is he speaking Jive? He needs to stop trying to make that phrase happen, like the word "fetch" it never will.

What does that phrase mean? Eat his lunch? Is that like a throwback to school when the bully stole your lunch money/lunch?

In some photos, Jussie appears to have a wonky eye.

R324 You asked how much of a story this was outside of the local news. The answer is it’s been the lead story on the national news networks (plus CNN and, of course, Fox news) for multiple days. That’s ‘beyond the local news.’

Straight up ankles!

I suppose he can't take his stylist with him to prison. Then again how much can you do with an orange jumpsuit?

If Don can come for Kevin Hart, he needs to come for Jussie.

Let's say on Sunday the tide had turned. For whatever reason, public opinion had swung in Jussie's favor. Everyone now believes Jussie is telling the truth, and the two Nigerian men are charged with a hate crime, and face up to ten years in prison. But only Jussie and the brothers know the truth. Does Jussie ACTUALLY allow them to face trial? Does he stand by and watch them get convicted without fessing up? I could never, for even a second, be OK with causing an innocent man to go to prison. I can't image any person with a shread of decency is.

Biracials tend to be very narcissistic with a hero complex

I just read he is supposed to appear in court tomorrow. Will he turn himself in overnight or will he remain MIA?

R367, I believe he's has shown through his recent actions he is more than capable of allowing the brothers to take the rap, so to speak. The reports initially said when he realized the brothers were the suspects he did not want to press charges but the latest reports look as if they have turned on each other and Jussie is saying the brothers attacked him and he thought they were unknown white men under those masks. Ain't that a bitch?

We didn't pave the way for bullshit like this.

"Titania McGrath" is hilarious, almost on the level of Mrs. Betty Bowers.

R368, serious journalists/news anchors shouldn't even be buddies with celebrities.

Don Lemon and Anderson Cooper are both guilty of this

But let's be clear r369, he wasn't trying to not press charges out of a sense of guilt or shame, he didn't want to press charges because he knew they would be linked to them and that the cops would soon piece this all together. So in answer to r367, fuck yeah he would let them take the fall. He fucking tried to blame his brother for a DUI.

I know r371! When she said , "I never joke. Humour is a form of rape." I died.

Didn't Jussie's team try to spread the rumor that the Nigerians were responsible for sending the letter?

R372, Gayle King just attended Meghan Markle's baby shower. Television news is one big joke and the funniest part is they're delusional and smug enough to think people actually consider them legitimate journalists.

Ms Jussica is gonna stick to his lie till the end.

He may even claim he had a bad hallucination from a drug trip

Gayle King as in Oprah's gf? She's a journalist? Was she always one or did she get the gig because she's Oprah adjacent? The release of Jussie's mugshot will be glorious. I bet he won't be as smirky as he was in his post attack hospital pic.

I would also love it if they found a text that said, "yo Jussie, we got the rope, you sure you want to do this?" or something to that effect.

What about the black trans women of colour?

Titania McGrath hilarity:

[quote]This is sickening. My friend Belinda just auditioned for the role of Helen of Troy in an upcoming film, and was told she doesn’t have the “right look”. We desperately need to tackle the institutionalised transphobia of the movie industry.

How much time is he facing?

Did the "believe all victims" thing start with intersectionalists? I feel like most stupid things on the left started with them.

[quote]He actually falls under having sociopathy.

Sociopathy is not a clinical diagnosis.

Someone trying to stage an attack for attention doesn't qualify them as a psychopath.

Smollett fucked up, but the melodramatic "he's a psychopath who deserves life in prison, as does every journalist who believed him" is just as unhinged.

Can't tell for sure here on DL because it's anonymous, but on Twitter it's obvious that the right-wingers are the ones deeply emotionally invested and wanting everyone executed for this crime. They lie all the time and call everything a hoax, and the one time it is, they show incredible emotional immaturity in their response.

R380, they were in line at Subway behind Jussie but unfortunately, they ordered the incredibly unpopular salad and were soon shunned by SM.

Here's a gem.

Oh god, imagine how much fun the Jussie court trial threads will be! Fight the charges, Jussie!

Titania speaks!

[quote]Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Any reference to trans people is therefore transphobic. Even the word “transphobic” is transphobic because it erases the existence of trans people by referring to them as trans people.

Oh R384, the most pissed off people are those most directly affected. Stop trying to flip the fucking narrative and turn him into some persecuted liberal.

"The one time it is" r384? Oh my sides!

Titania McGrath‏

@TitaniaMcGrath Feb 19

Is your baby racist?

Try playing gangster rap at full volume next to the crib.

If it cries, the answer is yes.

Jussie's similarly ridiculously named siblings are working overtime posting comments on various stories, who else would write this? "Jussie’s in a hard spot. This whole “attack” was someone else’s idea (someone he looks up to professionally) and he did it for them because of how they helped him. Now he needs to take the fall and stay quiet. Do the time and he’ll be rewarded later for his faithfulness."

Peep this little nugget from the Andy Ngo account:

"Source tells me that the rank and file officers at CPD are angry at how their PR is coddling Smollett with comments like this. He is wanted for a felony offense & his location remains unknown."

I don't care if Jussie has more personalities than Sybil, and each personality has its own mental illness.

He belongs in jail.

I wonder if there would have been some kind of riots had there not been record low temps in Chicago? Fuck this guy.

Can someone please start a Titania McGrath spin-off thread? I’m too tired to do it myself.

No one belongs in jail. This can be a learning experience for him... and us.

Oh, fuck off, Jurnee r397!!

Jussie is going to Jail!!

I wonder if they will be able to work his imprisonment around his job schedule.

Hopefully he will be able to use his prison time to work on his negativity and to apologize to those he has criticized or wronged.

Prison for Jussie will be a teachable moment for him, wherein he'll be able to start a conversation with himself.

[quote]I wonder if they will be able to work his imprisonment around his job schedule

I’m going to take a lucky guess and say he will be in breach of contract and will no longer have a job to worry about

>This is the CPD doing a smear campaign against Jussie Smollet. > Give me hard evidence. >I won't believe it until Jussie Smollet says it's true. >Even if Jussie Smollet confesses I won't believe it because the CPD made him do a false confession. >The journalists reporting this are biased. >The brothers planned this but lied about Jussie telling them to do it to save their asses.

Jussie's indictment is not even trending. Most people with a brain knew his story wasn't legit. He's still entitled to due process. He's a shit but he's not going to prison. In our house we CELEBRATE Black History Month. I recommend the crazy ass OP and his partner in racist schadenfreude do the same.

Someone needs to take a gander at that website linked in one of the previous 9 parts of this thread which lists the unbelievably lengthy list of all the socially motivated hoaxes.

Looking at YOU R384.

Fuck off r404, Smollet is a barely melinated person of wealth/influence and for him to get the two second generation immigrants of color to bear the brunt of the crimes he had them perform for his own glorification (for chump change) sounds like something the progressive stack should get upset about.

Gabby supports him!

We have an influx of assholes posting from multiple devices etc. I'm sure I'm stating the obvious. Ignore the cunts.

I wonder how much Jussie's bail will be set for? I'm sure he'll be in and out within an hour. At least we will have his mugshot to keep us "warm".

The mugshot is going to be glorious

And am I crazy or are the newest articles about him showing pics that are decidedly whiter? When this horrific and tragic hate crime occurred he was pictured as an unmistakable black man. Now it's like they are lightening up his pics to really play up the half white angle. Even the picture at the top of this article is unmistakably whiter than the one at the bottom from the attack story first breaking.

Sorry, here is the article I was talking about in r410.

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CONTENT WARNING: GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, GROTESQUELY SHATTERED BODY, ALL THE BAD FEELS

I have some terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad news:

Mere days after being beaten to within an inch of his life, our Jussie had regained enough strength to stand tall in open court tomorrow — judgmental eyes of the world staring down his battered cookie-sniffing visage — and expose the malign forces conspiring against him in his quest to save the planet. But now…

But now… (Sorry. I can't breath.)

But now, via properly aimed security camera, we have proof that [italic]they[/italic] have tried once again to silence this righteous voice!!! Haters, there's video this time. Now what?

#Prayers4Jussie

r356 It will be a modern day lunching! If only there were anti-lunching laws.

R397 Titania is that you?

Is Don that stupid that he doesn't know the phrase "eat him for lunch" or was he just trying to make his own version of it happen as another poster alluded to upthread? I'm leaning toward stupid.

Don Lemon held a good panel on the topic. I agreed with him that Jussie was a jackass for taking his bullshit to GMA. But what can you expect from someone with such poor judgement?

Anyway, I'd love to be a Don Lemon & Joey Jackson sandwich.

Well well well. I am currently watching the DVR of Don Lemon's show from 10 PM. I have two thoughts:

I adore Joey Jackson

Lemon is a big old phony. He is literally attempting to undo everything he initially said(before we all knew that Jessie was lying.)

R416 "Eat his lunch" is an expression which we use down south frequently. Yes it is quite similar to ""eat him for lunch" but in the south we tend to use the former.

Example: I am going to the LSU-Ole Miss game Saturday night. I can't wait to see the Tigers eat Ole Miss's lunch.

Did Anderson say anything notable or bitchy (or both) tonight about Jussie?

Ah! Thanks for the clarification r419

Wow, he really was dumb enough to write them a CHECK (who cares what we wrote on it)?! And he still too stupid to confess?

Remember, not only was he willing to let two innocent white men be arrested, this SJW is willing to put two more black men in the prison system and let them take the fall?

I agree though, after all this, he won't do any prison time. IF he confesses soon and apologizes. If he allows it to go to trial. . .

Don wanted to say "toss his salad," but he got his idioms confused.

Fucked over once again,

R356 that should be the title of the next thread:

[bold]Jussie Smollett Update Part 11 (A Modern Day Lunching)[/bold]

Like I've said before, Don Lemon is just another celebrity slave to political correctness, like Kamala and the rest. Its all a publicity game and people thinking of how they can attach themselves to and capitalize off the story.

Don was very critical of Jussie's choice of GMA, and he even said morning show hosts aren't journalists. So cunty! All the while I know Don was angling for Jussie and his people to cave in and give CNN Tonight an exclusive interview. He just might get it.

[quote]Don was very critical of Jussie's choice of GMA, and he even said morning show hosts aren't journalists.

That’s rich coming from him.

If footage of his attack had been leaked, there could have been riots. Chicago could have burned like Ferguson. Lives could have been lost. This is very serious. He could have done permanent damage to the city and country.

R421 I'm not the first to mention this, but I think Jussie wants this to go to trial. Or at least he thinks he does. He probably thinks he can charm his way out of it. I'm sure he is deeply wanting the dramz and the eyeballs. He, like I am, is praying it will be televised. Judging from the statement his LOLyers made to the DM, that's the direction they are going. Then again, this initial grandstanding happens a lot in criminal cases, next thing you know he'll be quietly doing a plea deal when he sees exactly what he's facing.

[quote] Don Lemon is just another celebrity slave to political correctness

Like hell. As a CNN host pushing the same slanted agenda night after night he is a ringmaster of that freak show.

[quote]As a CNN host pushing the same slanted agenda night after night he is a ringmaster of that freak show.

Alright DJT @ r428, time for bed now!

Don Lemon threw shade at Robin Roberts. He said Jussie needed to be interviewed by “a real journalist” if he wanted to get ahead of this. He said no one watches morning shows anymore, that’s not where the conversation is. Jussie needed to go on cable news where the conversation is happening 24/7 and go on his show “or one of my colleagues’ shows.”

Oh, R325 doesn’t know her history. “More proof Lesbians should stay out of Gay Men Issues.....”. Tell that to the lesbians who stood by and cared for their dying gay brothers throughout the Aids Crisis. Ignorant fool.

A lesson in reading comprehension, and reading between the lines, beckons for the poster(s) who kept insisting that CPD had “confirmed this wasn’t a hoax.”

This is worse than when Ethel and Lucy stole John Wayne's footprints.

Uh, I wouldn't mention John Wayne in this thread, R433.

Titania McGrath @TitaniaMcGrath

R302, like it or not, this story is national news. I’m watching CBS News in NYC, and there have been two stories on the Smollett case in the last hour. The story led, ahead of the Coast Guard terrorist. I’ve been watching for an hour, and it has been run twice.

People still watch television news and read newspapers. I know it’s hard for you to believe, but not everyone gets all their news from Twitter.

People have come back from doing jail time and still worked in Hollywood, but what will happen to Jussie? Is his career over?

And R Kelly is free somewhere in Chicago.

Jussie is so fucking stupid! He just set blacks and gays back 100 years. Asshole.

This is why Bernie will end up the Dem nominee. So many 2020 contenders ran their mouths like idiots.

Nignored?

Jussie is the gift that keeps on giving

Nah he’s just a loser schizo attention whore!

He's been ARRESTED! The Daily Mail just sent a news alert.

Sky News also reporting Jussie Smollett taken into custody.

The story hasn't gone up on the website yet, but they did ARREST him.

Another arrest source.

I just so want to know what he thought would happen? Mere sympathy? It makes no sense. Oh well.

Now confirmed by various sources. Associated Press quoting Chicago PD says Smollett turned himself in.

R347, yes he is good looking. Unfortunately giving him a light sentence because he is good looking is beyond ignorant. You don't know if he harmed anyone-- the cops assigned to his case may have prevented other crimes because they would have been in other places. Your thought process scares me!

r448 factitious disorder -- which it seems this is -- is a very odd disorder.

Is this true? He’s only been charged with disorderly conduct?

I thought CNN said it was a felony charge?

Fuck you Jussie. Rot in prison.

The next question to be answered is: "Will Jussie make bail before he endures becoming his cellie's bitch"

I’m so fucking angry at him.

He'll probably bail out immediately. Must be nice. MUGSHOT TIME! Come on you scum at TMZ there is one thing we can usually rely on you for. Cough it up. *Frantically hits reload button on TMZ site like a frenzied lab rat* I

I hope that Taraji kicks him in the nuts.

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Will he smile in the mug shot? Will he look in the camera or look down? Will he look smug? Will he cry?

he just perpetuates the stereotypes that Gay dudes are messy thieves, unstable, emotional, and liars.

[quote] So many 2020 contenders ran their mouths like idiots.

They were under pressure to respond. Agree it's a bad look. My very first thought was OMG followed quickly by a noose+MAGAcountry+beating+celebrity. It sounded a little fantastical from the jump. I noticed the story did NOT become a rallying cry on twitter as people waited to hear more.

There will be a press conference at 7 am PT

Of course he'll bail right out, he's wealthy. Will he STAY out, is the real question. I fucking hope not because this bitch deserves the time for the damage he's caused, and tried to cause.

I hope so, too, R462. Someone needs to.

Ima go with he will look smug. Has he EVER not?

It's bad. The right is having a field day with this.

R464 He'll get time is my guess. Not as much as we want of course. But this thing got far too big for the CPD or FBI to totally let him cruise.

I doubt he's *that* wealthy. More than I have or many of us for sure, but not big time wealthy. He sure won't be after they fine him out of existence for this stunt. Not to mention legal fees. Crisis management team fees, etc.

That bitch didn't give me his fake suicide attempt via Flintstone's vitamins. I'm not happy.

The right is going to eat our dinner.

[quote]It's bad. The right is having a field day with this.

You mean they're going after Trump because he believed Jussie from the start?

What happens if the jury finds him innocent? Are we all going to eat crow?

CNN says he's now in custody.

[quote]Can't tell for sure here on DL because it's anonymous, but on Twitter it's obvious that the right-wingers are the ones deeply emotionally invested and wanting everyone executed for this crime. They lie all the time and call everything a hoax, and the one time it is, they show incredible emotional immaturity in their response.

LOL. Most of these "hate" crimes are hoaxes, Pollyanna. And it wasn't "right wingers" rushing to judgement without any facts on January 30th. It was a pitchfork mob of libtards. The same dimwits who are now saying, "let's not rush to judgement". It's hilarious.

So they lawyers said they would mount an aggressive defense. I guess that means he is going to plead not guilty. Hmm.

I can't wait for the Federal charges!

[quote] You mean they're going after Trump because he believed Jussie from the start?

Good point. But they could breeze past that, they operate from Trump being a moron anyway.

R461 WTF does that mean?

[quote]And it wasn't "right wingers" rushing to judgement without any facts

Asked on February 1 to comment on the "assault," Republican President Donald Trump said:

“That I can tell you is horrible. I’ve seen it. Last night. It’s horrible. Doesn’t get worse.”

To his credit, I think Trump was talking about Mama Mia 2: Here We Go Again.

This is not a right- or left-wing issue so please ignore the distraction of these nonsense posts.

This is about a criminal who lied and attempted to get notoriety by making up what he thought was an elaborate, well thought through story-- but his arrogance and ignorance gobsmacked him right in the face.

In the end, his defenders will claim he was framed, but the industry and the poll of public opinion has shifted way too far for him to ever be very successful.

Could you guys summarize the mistakes he made into concise bullet points? Because this could have worked. Thanks in advance!

There’s a cap on onerous fines R467, both state and federal, which was actually reimposed by a rare unanimous Supreme Court yesterday, so he won’t suffer much financial damage other than lawyers fees. Where he will suffer is future work. He is all but untouchable now.

Can’t wait for the mugshot!

Don't dash my hopes! I appreciate the update though r480 How timely.

Here is a new article from CWB Chicago where they talk about this very subject

Chicago ordinance authorizes the city to seek compensation, for wages and benefits of city personnel, attorneys, costs of equipment and materials, and “any other costs allocable to the provision of services” in a variety of situations.

And the first “situation” on the city’s list of recoverable incidents is “the deployment of police to respond and provide service as a result of a person’s false reporting of a crime.”

Mark my word - Jussie will be starring in CHICAGO on Broadway as BIlly Flynn once the dust settles. How perfect!

[quote] This is not a right- or left-wing issue

It shouldn't be but it's being treated like a referendum on identity politics.

Dan Abrams: "The only defense I can really think of for Smollett is gonna be 'Yes, they did this to me. I had no idea that they were gonna do this to me. And they said these things and I had nothing to do with it.'"

she tink she hot shit cause she oreo?

but what color is her fukhole?

Did anyone start a poll as to what his expression will be in his mugshot? He's probably been practicing for days. Half of these negotiations for him to come probably involved assuring he would have the best lighting. Nothing too good for the precious boy.

He went in at 5am to avoid press. We may not see him at all.

Good. I don’t want to see him down and out

Some posters at The Root still seem to think it's a conspiracy

R469 Trump likely didn’t believe him, just like the others who gave very general “it’s horrible, things like this shouldn’t happen,” etc. responses probably felt in their gut this was too over the top scripted and unlikely. They all know though, in this 10 second clip media, anything less than an immediate response of condemnation is written as “y is a horrible xphobe who wants all x people dead.”

[quote]Trump likely didn’t believe him

Yeah, he's very reticent about jumping to conclusions without all the facts.

The interesting part, to me, is the brothers. Did they break laws? Do the Jussie supporters consider them to be victims of the Chicago police? Are they victims of Jussie? Are they villains? Do they count? I can guess how they’d feel if the brothers were white. How do they feel about fellow blacks participating in this hoax?

Harvey Levin is discussing it on FOX5 now, LOL

The brothers did not report the crime- Mussie did. If they had any involvement in sending the letter, well that's a different story!

When I look at this generation, I see young people fiercely, desperately trying to be good. A righteous fervor is sweeping America, shaming and punishing all who do “evil.”

R495, I don’t disagree with you, and it’s an astute observation. But I see a lot of finger-pointing...

That's what seemed off about the Jussie story. The MAGA people equipped with some liquid chemical and a noose who know who he is on sight AND care AND also know he's gay

That's been pointed out over and over and over R497. More importantly, the fact he kept the "noose" around his neck and that drew suspicion from the police. Just what the noose represents to black people makes it unbelievable he would have kept it around his neck and remember, he said he screamed when he noticed the noose around his neck.

lets give the boy some love for havin the guts to try pull this shit off for to git his name in the press more....

but girl u done it all wrong and now u fukd.

Two acquaintances of mine still believe Jussie is innocent. They maintain that this is either a set-up by the police, or retaliation by the police for Jussie's refusal to hand over his phone when they first asked for it. They're basically saying that the Chicago police are racist and anti-gay, and that this is their typical behavior.

No one side of the political spectrum has the monopoly on cognitive dissonance I suppose r500

Your friends are idiots R500- did they not watch how carefully the CPD played this? They knew from the start but played it very close to the vest until they had enough evidence...

It's often less about being good and more about looking like you're good.

Well, Jussie got his wish: He’s now trending and being talked about by almost everyone, including the President. Wasn’t that his original goal with this plan?

I’m Seeing a lot of black people still defending Jussie

Between the mugshot release and the press statement this thread should fill up soon, so what's it going to be for Part 11?

Jussie Smollett Updates Part 11 (Lettuce Prey) Title credit: R481 Part NIne

Jussie Smollett Updates Part 11 (Not Without My Sammich) Title credit: R124 and R126 Part Nine

I think Jussie will relish a trial, and will do his best to see that it's as political as it can be with him at its center--a martyr to the cause. Maybe he'll dress in white. His tedious siblings will swarm the talk shows and weekend news programs to talk about their role as a "family of joyful warriors" and Jussie's as a victim of the Rs. I'm sure he's already imagining his political writings from prison, inspiring "gay black boys" to be strong and brave, as he is.

R502 Quite so. But posters on these very threads on here seemed to think the CPD were proceeding to release details of their every thought and suspicion such that a few days ago, mid-investigation, when no hoax had been formally declared nor official charges filed, the hoax “didn’t happen.”

The concept that the police would be working behind the scenes and not putting out press releases of their every waking thought about this case seemed to escape some.

[quote]It was a pitchfork mob of libtards.

To be fair r472, you and your friends had already bought all of the tiki torches at Pier One.

His bail hearing isn't until 1:30 CT this afternoon. Jussie may well be made the pass around bottom of the holding cell long before that!

Bishop Talbert Swan: In a nutshell, Black people are disappointed in @JussieSmollett if he lied, but we’re not oblivious to the quick & willing release of info & turnaround in filing charges in this case vs the lies, withholding of info & coverups in cases where Chicago cops murder innocent Blacks.

He should host the Oscars this year. That would perk up the show.

R507, that's what sucks about this- he is now infamous (good or bad depending on who you speak to) and his name is known throughout the world. He's a fucking liar, a famewhore who would do but nothing to get attention.

R502, one of them is convinced that it's retaliation by the police. He got very upset with me for thinking otherwise, and was shocked that someone like me (black and gay) wouldn't be on Jussie's side. I know how corrupt and disrespectful the police can be, but I still believe that Jussie concocted all this up.

Well look how many black people were screaming in ecstasy when the extremely guilty OJ was found not guilty.

The mug shot!

No "black power" fist? Disappointing. I assume we'll see one when he walks into the courtroom.

R514 Maybe you can help me with this. It seems some black people will always be disposed to believe blacks over whites. (And some whites are the same way about believing whites.)

But in this case, there are two black guys and probably 2 or 3 black detectives (Chicago PD is 29% black and there were 12 detectives on this case) saying one thing, and on the other side is just one guy.

So what's the rationale for believing one black guy over several black guys?

Thanks for your insight, because I'm white and there's no way in hell I'm asking any of my black friends this question.

Is that mug shot real?

[Quote]I’m Seeing a lot of black people still defending Jussie

Plenty of gay white men, too. At least in New York.

5 minutes to go! This better not just be a total rehash of facts we know. Need some drama please. (It will totally be a rehash.) That mugshot can't be real...?

R515, yes, I remember that all too vividly. Interestingly, OJ and Jussie have the same permanent vacant, unearned, inappropriate smirk in most of their photos. I think it's diagnostic of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

I’m r515 yes the mugshot is real

It's real and so disappointing!

Even in the fucking mugshot looks like a dick pretending to be the victim.

[quote]he said he screamed when he noticed the noose around his neck.

I bet he’s screaming now.

[quote]I’m Seeing a lot of black people still defending Jussie

Is that surprising to anyone?

I pray we get to hear him recreate that scream in the courtroom. It's gonna be my new ringtone.

This is the "color photo booking."

He looks very pale and like he’s been crying a lot recently.

Not smart to wear a jacket that looks like prison stripes in that mug shot.

Asshole will get what he deserves. He’s a moron.

Oh, please, r530, don't dramatize. He looks like anybody would at 5 a.m.

Same poor widdle me eyes as in his hospital selfie. I get the sense he isn't taking this all to seriously. That or his team has him tranquilized to the gills.

If he sent the letter I think those federal charges are the ones that will get him quite a few years in prison.

Don't dramatize? Don't you know where you are r533?

Sorry, I meant I am r516

I wasn’t “dramatizing” Lil’ Miss Hall Monitor at R533. That’s what he looked like in the picture to me.

Why the delay in the police news conference? I have to go to work!

It's on now R539.

Starting now, police superintendent opens with: "I just wish that the families of gun violence in this city got this much attention."

"Jussie Smollett took advantage of the pain of racism to promote his career."

Love it, R541!

This is an excellent opening. Wow.

And as I said, it is the noose that bothered the police.

His mugshot proves that actors’ looks are all created by smoke and mirrors. He looks like like any average unattractive thug on the street. Bitch needs make-up and lighting stat.

Puffy and red under eyes.

Someone's been doing alot of crying all week.

They are going to get him on the letter. The police chief mentioned the false letter.

Confirmed that Jussie sent the letter to himself.

Orchestrated because he was dissatisfied with his salary!

The police chief is on fire!

What is interesting here is that while black people may defend Jussie, why do they choose not to defend the TWO black nigerians?

For the right-wingers.

The police superintendent should be mayor.

"I hope the truth receives the same amount of attention as the hoax did"

They really said something about him being dissatisfied with his salary?

CPD: Jussie staged attack because he was dissatisfied with his salary

Most darker skinned blacks didn’t believe Jussie from the beginning. The only few blacks I know or see still defending him are lighter skinned blacks.

R553 red herring.

OMG, another twist!!

He sent the letter because he was dissatisfied with his salary. He staged the attack because he was dissatisfied with the response to the letter.

I'm curious as to what kind of spin his defense team is going to put on this.

LOL R558, was this a double blind study? Was it audited?

R553 except Morton was a LIBERAL jew and blamed right winger Nazi white supremacists for that alleged turned out to be fake hate crime

So once Again, what we learn is that LIBERALS lie about hate crimes

If they’re saying this about his salary, they obviously have proof of that, probably texts or emails.

[quote]I'm curious as to what kind of spin his defense team is going to put on this.

He was worked to the bone and paid peanuts, and he was mentally and physically exhausted. Plus, meth.

Doubtful he does meth.

They have video from inside the cabs

"Tuna Meltdown" may become my new nickname for Jussie, just as "Cancer Salad" became the DL code for that awful actor on "A Million Little Things". Good job, OP. This is why I love DL. (Don't worry, I will credit you, OP) :)

[quote]He was worked to the bone and paid peanuts, and he was mentally and physically exhausted.

It was modern-day slavery!

Part 11 is up.

[quote] I'm curious as to what kind of spin his defense team is going to put on this. He was worked to the bone and paid peanuts, and he was mentally and physically exhausted. Plus, meth.

Dehydration. It's the cause of all star hospitalizations and rehab check-ins. Jussie was very, very dehydrated.

Bring back the first guy. This dude is weirdly inappropriate and keeps falling all over himself.

Agree R573.

The brothers' lawyers told police they are victims, not offenders

R569 Thanks so much! I'm so happy to facilitate with these threads, but Tuna Meltdown wasn't my baby, that title credit goes to R80 of Part Nine

I told you guys this was about money! And some idiot posited that Jussie had some sort of meltdown after Trump was elected and felt so powerless and wanted to bring attention to the plight of blah blah blah. I fucking knew it. I knew he was only down for himself and all about the benjamins. This fucker is about as deep as a puddle. He cares not about the plight of the blacks in his city or the gays. He wanted hero status and money. Fuck him.

The police are getting ahead of Jussie and his lawyers spin.

Jussie and his lawyers came to us at the last minute before grand jury and said they had evidence to provide us but then "told us nothing"

Police have the check Jussie wrote to pay the Nigerian brothers.

R573/R574 to whom are you referring?

The defense scoring some points here, the police seem to only have the two brothers' testimony. The check mentioned above said "for training", so it's not clear cut.

Police believe scratch was self inflicted

Why didn't he pay them in cash?

He swore! I fucking love this guy.

Damnit mike the fucking pool. I can't hear half the questions!

That's hilarious, R583. Of course it was.

I'm not those posters R581, bring back the police chief (superintendent).

He wanted it on camera but the camera was pointed in the wrong direction

Stressing that he didn't take resources from the investigation of other crimes

"Mr. Smollett orchestrated this crime. The brothers are cooperating witnesses."

Brothers became cooperating witnesses in the 47th hour of their 48 hour hold

The phone records! Jussie talked to brothers before and after attack

"These things [investigations] take time. This isn't TV"

Phone records show Jussie and the bros "talked to each other quite a bit" before the attack, after the attack and while the bros were out of the country.

The superintendent is reading the press to filth

The white guy keeps calling him "Jessie."

I think the superintendent is a new mascot. The fucking sound keeps dropping out. WTF CPD AV dept? This was your big moment!

LInk to Part 11

This is amazing.

Just remember Dan Abrams may have gone to law school and his daddy may be a famous brilliant lawyer but Dan himself never practiced law. Not ever. LOL. Love ya, Dan. You're still cute but not a real lawyer.