Jussie Smollett “Suspects” Lawyer Says Her Clients Have Key Evidence | TMZ

Attorney Gloria Schmidt was at the Chicago police station Friday night, after her clients, Ola and Abel Osundairo, were released from custody. Schmidt said the "new evidence" that triggered the release of her clients was something they knew and presumably told cops.

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    • The letter! There has to be some sort of Federal crime for anonymously sending a hate letter in the mail threatening murder with supposed anthrax like that, not even including all the other fake hate crime they did.. Somebody better pay for this bullshit, if a hate crime brings a harsher sentence, then surely a fake hate crime should bring one as well! What would have happened if the police found two innocent whites on surveillance cameras near by walking away after the fake attack? What would jussie had said?

    • +ll we Non-White people can be racist too. In fact, they get a pass for it in a way that White people don’t due to the blatant hypocrisy of leftists.

    • +John Bold No sir, colored people, black people, can not be racist, we can be prejudice, but certainly not racist! Racism is systematic, racism is defined as political, economical or social system that a dominant race uses to oppress different races. Black people have never and will never have that kind of power. For example, racism is when people of color are locked up for decades, but a Stanford white swimmer receives for 6 months for sexual assualt. Or when a person is convicted of selling crack (considered a colored persons drug) they receive two and half times that of someone selling cocaine (considered a white, or wealthy persons drug).
      So, no Sir, colored people can be prejudice as hell, but not racist!!

    • +ll we Black people definitely *can* be racist. Check out the dictionary definition of the word if you doubt me. I don’t use the Marxist definition of the word. As far as legal and systematic forms of it, Affirmative Action, which discriminates against White men, meets that definition of the word.

  1. 🤡…was the whole cast of empire all headed to Subway at 2 am….damn…don’t they feed them on the set..🤡

  2. Kamala Harris writes anti lynching legislation,Smollet was a guest a her Presidential announcement,then this happens.Its fine really🤫

    • Wake up, people! Racism is not real! Obama started this fake crap to divide this country and now he’s left us with this mess to clean up!!!!

    • Who cares if the Nigerians ratted? its a minor issue. It only affected Jussie. But them telling the truth destroyed the myth about these supposed racist attackers. Jussie tried to generate hate against a whole lot more people. Dirty race baiting manipulating tribalistic Jussie trying to victimize his tribe and demonize others. despicable human, Im happy the Nigerians cooperated

    • But still there has to be some sort of Federal crime on the books for anonymously sending a hate letter in the mail threatening murder with supposed anthrax like that, not even including all the other fake hate crime beating lies they did…. Somebody better pay for this bullshit, if an actual hate crime brings a harsher sentence, then surely a fake hate crime should bring one as well! Wonder what would have happened if the police found two innocent whites on surveillance cameras near by walking away after the fake attack? What would jussie had said?? Unbelievable

    • greg parch yea, I get it, racism bad. Unless it’s to a white person… because they deserve it apparently.

    • +greg parch The general question was: “Why is racism good?” I gave as nebulous an answer as it was a relatively nebulous question. In this particular context, where a racist incident was manufactured, I’d say that would be up to the courts, as outside of the obvious (filing a false report, witness tampering, perjury, etc.) these kinds of incidents are seldom encountered and less rigorously upheld to standard legislation. My guess that any attempt to criminalize this kind of behaviour further would only inflame the political Left. Honestly I believe it should constitute a hate crime. But that’s just a guess.

    • Brobotnick …. You’ve undoubtedly been waiting years to give that answer… someone finally took the bait… hahahahaha…well rehearsed but try again!!!…. I’m an English and history major but choose to keep it simple.

    • But still there has to be some sort of Federal crime for anonymously sending a hate letter in the mail threatening murder with supposed anthrax like that, not even including all the other fake hate crime they did.. Somebody better pay for this bullshit, if a hate crime brings a harsher sentence, then surely a fake hate crime should bring one as well! What would have happened if the police found two innocent whites on surveillance cameras near by walking away after the fake attack? What would jussie had said? Unbelievable

    • IT was Senator Kamila Harris. Her lynching bill failed until the hoax took place. IT failed 200 times. She is alwo seen with Juicy at many events. Her and Booker are the main conspirators in this hoax. LOok it up put the pieces together. IT all fits perfectly. WIll she get in trouble? Did Senator Gary Gondit get in trouble for the murder of CHandra Levy.?

  3. 3 black guys involved in a racially motivated hate crime.

    Funny, I saw girls on twitter gloating about how Jussie wasn’t lying. Welp, turns out he wasn’t just lying.

    • Sadistic Saint have you looked at actual statistics? Like the actual facts, like that most of the drugs that enter the US is brought in through airports. Has anyone actually looked at any of the things trump says and fact checks it? Or is everyone blinded? Also in America you’re more likely to get killed, robbed or raped BY a white male than you are by a minority. These are facts you can’t argue with facts also did you know that there is already a wall on the border? This is what I mean when are we all going to wake up, and understand that trump is not for America? I understand the need for change but this was not it chief. We need people that want to work with the next president to make America great for everyone not just white people. Not try to block them because they are opposed in a party, we need people to work together with the president to find what benefits the people.

    • J Mac can you please give me facts? Like sites from the gov that say how much we are paying for illegal citizens? Also did you know most people that illegal is because they over stay their visas? Not because they enter through Mexico… again show me the facts because I can back everything up with facts from the gov.

    • +MARGARITA444 Not all drugs come through airports, Any drugs that come over the border is drugs that shouldn’t be coming into the country at all. And any rape etc by an illegal is one rape too many.
      And again, parts of the country now look like mexico, its like you crossed the border. We’re losing our culture.
      We Need To Build That Wall.

    • MARGARIT444, Oh and FYI Look up the stats on race and crime. And white people do not commit more violent crimes than blacks & browns. The safest parts of the country are the white parts. And that’s just a fact.

  4. The Nigerians showed the police Jussie’s text messages and phone call history I guarantee it.

    • +ghetto c they traced them all the way to their house. There are quite a lot of cams in Chicago

    • ghetto c If I’m not mistaken one of them is Jussie’s personal trainer, they worked out together in the same apartment gym. They were extras on Empire and followed each other on IG.

    • +tinaloveseddie bet jussie got them their extra jobs on empire for helping personally train him in the gym… That’s why they’re so grateful towards him, they got suckered into this crap with jussie thinking they are going Hollywood… Lol bet jussie promised them the world

    • Nick Hall I think they helped JS get physically fit for a music video. I wonder if Jussie paid them off? Cuz, they left the country the same day as the attack.

  5. Well he got what he wanted.. this is no longer an “alleged” attack. It is safe to say it is now a “staged” attack. Is that better Jussie?

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