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‘The making of a HOAX!’ Smollett suggested brothers catch his attention by calling him an “Empire F****t, Empire N****r” – Official documents detailing the case against Jussie Smollett released

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>The official documents that turned tide against Jussie Smollett revealed by prosecutors<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Doc details how Smollett sent himself a threatening&comma; racist and homophobic letter on January 22 to graft more money from 20th Century Fox <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Picked the attack spot&comma; made a dry run and suggested slurs to be used by assailants<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Smollett was released on bail Thursday&comma; after making settling a &dollar;100&comma;000 bond&comma; and surrendered his passport<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Prosecutors shared an extremely detailed timeline of the night of the attack and the days beforehand <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Reveals degree of familiarity between actor and alleged assailants<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-308535" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Jussie-Smollett-5-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"792" height&equals;"446"><strong>Prosecutors have released the Jussie Smollett &lbrack;photo&rsqb; bond proffer&comma; detailing the allegations he paid his friend and alleged drug dealer to stage a hate crime<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Prosecutors have released&nbsp&semi;Jussie Smollett&&num;8217&semi;s bond proffer detailing the allegations he paid his friend and alleged drug dealer to stage a hate crime on him to boost his career&comma; after the actor posted his&nbsp&semi;&dollar;10&comma;000 bond on Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The bond proffer provides the prosecution&&num;8217&semi;s detailed evidence against the 36-year-old Empire star&comma; describing Smollett&&num;8217&semi;s relationship with Abimbola &&num;8216&semi;Abel&&num;8217&semi; Osundairo&comma; 25&comma; one of the brothers he allegedly paid to attack him&period; The doc stated that Smollett in the past had bought &&num;8216&semi;designer drugs&&num;8217&semi; from Abel&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In text messages that predate the hoax attack&comma; he asked Abel for &&num;8216&semi;Molly&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; the street name for ecstasy &&num;8211&semi; multiple times&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Reading&nbsp&semi; the bond proffer in full&nbsp&semi; gives a detailed description of how he allegedly put the hoax together&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">BOND PROFFER&colon;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>Defendant&colon; Jussie Smollett<br &sol;>&NewLine;Charge&colon; Disorderly Conduct-False Report &lpar;Class 4 Felony&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Defendant Jussie Smollet is an Actor and Singer-Songwriter&comma; who currently appears as a character on the Fox television show &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Empire&period;” Defendant Smollett currently resides in an Apartment in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"vjs-flyout-wrapper-absolute"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-308637" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;People-of-Chicago-VS-Jussie-Smollett-5-300x211&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"623" height&equals;"438"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-308638" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;People-of-Chicago-VS-Jussie-Smollett-6-300x210&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"871" height&equals;"610"><strong>The full text of the Jussie Smollett Bond Proffer gives a detailed description of how he allegedly put the hoax together<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"moduleFull mol-video">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>T<span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">he People expect the evidence to show that&colon;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon">On Tuesday&comma; January 22&comma; 2019&comma; Defendant Smollett received a written letter at the Cinespace Chicago Film Studios&comma; which is a facility on the Southwest Side of Chicago where the Empire Television Show is filmed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;ridtattoo&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net&quest;tid&equals;applyeasycreamjar"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;getridtattoo&period;com&sol;images&sol;ApplyEasyCreamJar&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;ridtattoo&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net&quest;tid&equals;banner468x60"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;getridtattoo&period;com&sol;images&sol;468x60getridtattoobanner&period;png" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;This letter contained written threats directed toward Defendant Smollett&comma; and contained a then unknown white powdery substance&period; The letter also contained cut out letters pieced together which stated &&num;8220&semi;Smollett Jussie you will die black f&&num;8211&semi;&&num;8220&semi;&comma; and the word &&num;8220&semi;MAGA&&num;8221&semi; was hand written on the envelope where the return address is typically located&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This powdery substance has since been determined to be crushed ibuprofen tablets&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon">The letter also contained a drawing of a stick figure&comma; which appears to have a rope around the neck and a gun pointed at it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Law enforcement authorities were contacted&comma; and the letter was turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation&comma; which is currently conducting forensic analysis of the letter<br &sol;>&NewLine;&period;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;banner250x250&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;250&sol;250x250-2&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;In January of 2019&comma; and at all times relevant hereto&comma; Defendant Smollett was close friends with an individual by the name of Abimbola &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Abel” Osundairo&comma; who is 25 years old&period; Smollett and Abel initiated their friendship in the fall of 2017&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Jussie-Smollett-threat-letter-1&period;png&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C454&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1"><strong>Smollett received a written letter on the set of Empire&comma; containing threats directed at him &&num;8211&semi; Prosecutors said the hate mail was self-sent<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-307995" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Abimbola-Abel-Osundairo-left-and-Olabinjo-Ola-Osundairo-right-2-300x192&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1406" height&equals;"900"><strong>Part time actors and Chicago based personal trainers&comma; the brothers Abel &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Ola &lbrack;right&rsqb; have been cooperating with police investigating the alleged hoax attack on Jan 29&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">During the course of this friendship&comma; Defendant Smollett and Abel socialized together&comma; exercised together&comma; as well as worked together on the Fox television series Empire&period; Within that working relationship&comma; Abel was a stand-in for a character named &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Kai”&comma; who is a love interest of Defendant Smollet’s character on the Empire TV Show&period; Additionally&comma; text messages between Defendant Smollett and Abel revealed that Abel was a source of designer drugs for Defendant Smollett&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Specifically&comma; since the spring of 2018&comma; on several occasions&comma; Defendant Smollett requested Abel to provide him with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Molly”&comma; which is a street name for the narcotic Ecstasy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-308019" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Abimbola-Abel-Osundairo-1-300x188&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1186" height&equals;"743"><strong>The brothers&nbsp&semi; were arrested on Feb 13 night at Chicago O’Hare airport as they returned from a trip to Nigeria&period;The brothers left the country hours after the attack on Jan 29&comma; chronicled &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; their stay abroad and maintained contact with the alleged victim<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Text messages generated by Defendant Smollett to Abel&comma; specifically starting on the morning of January 25&comma; 2019&comma; reveal Defendant Smollett asking Abel when he would be leaving on his upcoming trip to Nigeria&period; This trip was scheduled to take place on the evening of January 29&comma; 2019&comma; and it had been planned by Abel and his 27-year-old brother Olabinjo &&num;8216&semi;Ola&&num;8217&semi; Osundairo&comma; two months prior&period;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;48&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;mac&amp&semi;banner&equals;0P715RANPJQMNW5YYR82&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;linkID&equals;fd82abf5a90d867e9fcd97c6367c4a94&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"728" height&equals;"90" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;After Abel confirmed the date and time of his tri trip&comma; Defendant Smollett texted Abel stating &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Might need your help on the low&period; You around to meet up and talk face to face&quest;” The two then made arrangements to meet at the Cinespace Studios that afternoon&comma; where Defendant Smollett subsequently drove Abel home to Abel’s apartment in the Lakeview neighborhood&period; During the ride&comma; Defendant Smollett indicated to Abel his displeasure with the Empire Studio’s handling of the racist and homophobic letter he received three days prior&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Defendant Smollett then stated that he wanted to stage an attack where Abel would appear to batter him&period; Defendant Smollett also suggested that Abel’s older brother Ola assist him with the attack&period; Defendant Smollett had met Ola on several previous occasions through Abel&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Additionally&comma; Ola had also appeared as an extra of the Empire TV show&period; Abel and Ola are both dark skinned&comma; black males&comma; born in the United States&comma; with Nigerian decent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Jussie-Smollett-1&period;png&quest;resize&equals;602&percnt;2C705&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1"><strong>Jussie Smollett checked himself into hospital with his face bruised and inflamed after the alleged attack<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">When Defendant Smollett and Abel reached Abel’s apartment at approximately 5&colon;00 PM on January 25&comma; 2019&comma; Ola&comma; who was then living with Abel&comma; was summoned into Defendant Smollett’s vehicle&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Once inside&comma; Smollett asked Ola if he could trust him&period; When Ola said he could&comma; Smollett detailed his plans of the attack to the brothers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Defendant Smollett stated that he wanted them to appear to attack him on the evening of January 28&comma; 2019 near his apartment building in Streeterville&period; Defendant Smollett also stated that he wanted the brothers to catch his attention by calling him an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Empire F&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;t&comma; Empire N&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;r&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Defendant Smollett further detailed that he wanted Abel to attack him&comma; but not hurt him too badly and give him a chance to appear to fight back&period; Defendant Smollett also included that he wanted Ola to place a rope around his neck&comma; pour gasoline on him and yell &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is MAGA country&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prior to the brothers getting out of Smollett’s car&comma; Smollett provided Abel with a &dollar;100 bill to purchase the rope&comma; gasoline&comma; ski masks&comma; gloves and red baseball caps which resemble the ones that say &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Make America Great Again&period;” The ride from Cinescape Studios to the Osundairo brothers&&num;8217&semi; home and the meeting between Smollett and the brothers is corroborated by CPD POD videos and cellular phone tower data of Smollett’s phone number&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Abimbola-Osundairo-and-Olamide-Osundairo-5&period;png&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C475&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1"><strong>Prep&colon; Jan 28&comma; the date of the planned incident&comma; Abel and Ola are caught by surveillance video purchasing clothing items&nbsp&semi; to be used at a local beauty supply store and the rope at a nearby hardware store&comma; using the &dollar;100 bill that Smollett had given them&period; Purchases were corroborated by the video and a receipt<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>On the late morning of Sunday January 27&comma; 2019&comma; Smollett drove his vehicle back to the Lakeview neighborhood to pick up the brothers and show them the scene where he wanted the staged attack to take place&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Smollett then drove the brothers to the corner of New Street and North Water Street in Chicago where the staged attack was to take place&period; This was just outside Smollett’s apartment building&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Further details were provided by Smollett which included that the staged attack was to take place near the stairs on the southwest corner of New and NorthWater Streets at 10&colon;00PM the following night&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Smollett also instructed the brothers not to bring their cell phones with them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Smollett directed the brothers’ attention toward a surveillance camera on the corner&comma; which he believed would capture the incident&period; There was a change in the plan that bleach was going to be used rather than gasoline during the simulated attack&period; Smollett then drove the brothers home and provided them with a &dollar;3500 personal check made payable to Abel&comma; which was backdated to January 23&comma; 2019&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On the morning of January 28&comma; 2019&comma; the date of the planned incident&comma; the brothers purchased the clothing items at a local beauty supply store and the rope at a nearby hardware store&comma; using the &dollar;100 bill that Smollett had given them&period; These purchases were corroborated by surveillance video and a receipt&period; Abel also deposited Smollett’s check that same day in his own bank account&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Abimbola-Osundairo-and-Olamide-Osundairo-9&period;png&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C552&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1"><strong>The brothers leave the store with the clothing items purchased for the attack on the morning of Jan 28<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Later that evening&comma; the plan had changed and the time of the attack had to be pushed back because Smollett’s flight into O’Hare Airport from New York had been delayed by four hours&period; Smollett’s plane eventually landed at O’Hare at 12&colon;30 AM on January 29&comma; 2019&period; At 12&colon;49 AM&comma; there was a phone call between Smollett and Abel which lasted three minutes&period; During this call&comma; Smollett told Abel the attack would take place at exactly 2&colon;00 AM at the preset location&period; Minutes later Ola ordered an Uber ride share to his home to leave for the crime scene&period; Cell phone records and Uber records confirm this call and the Uber ride&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The brothers then took the Uber to the 1400 block of North Wells where they exited the Uber and flagged down a taxi which took them to within three blocks of the arranged scene at approximately 1&colon;22 AM&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The taxi’s in-car video captures the brothers flagging the cab and riding in the back seat&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;From approximately 1&colon;22A&period;M&period; until approximately 2&colon;03A&period;M&period;&comma; video evidence showed the brothers on foot in an area bordered by Lake Shore Drive on the east&comma; Columbus Drive on the west&comma; Illinois Street to the north&comma; and the Chicago River to the south&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Video evidence also showed that Smollett returned back to his apartment from the airport at approximately 1&colon;30 AM&period; At 1&colon;45 AM&comma; Smollett left his building to walk to a nearby Subway restaurant at Illinois Street and McClurg Court At 2&colon;00 AM&comma; the brothers were at the intersection of New St&period; and North Water Street&semi; however&comma; Defendant Smollett did not arrive exactly at the preset time&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The brothers then proceeded a quarter block north and waited near a bench until Smollett arrived&comma; which was four minutes later&period; Surveillance cameras captured the brothers waiting at this location just prior to the staged attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Jussie-Smollett-3&period;png&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C515&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1"><strong>Croc tears&colon; A weepy Smollett during an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America&comma; aired Feb 14&comma; positively identified the two people &lbrack;the&nbsp&semi;Osundairo brothers&rsqb;&comma; shown in a still of this surveillance video as his attackers&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">During Smollett’s interview on ABC’s Good Morning America which aired on February 14&comma; 2019&comma; he identified the people shown in a still of this surveillance video as his attackers&period; Also&comma; during this interview&comma; Smollett indicated that he was positive that these were his attackers&period; The two men in this video are in fact that Osundairo brothers&period;It was at this time&comma; that the brothers staged the attack of Defendant Smollett just how Smollett had instructed them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;While the staged attack was occurring&comma; a witness&comma; who is an employee of NBC News Chicago&comma; had just parked and exited her vehicle just around the corner from the location of the staged attack&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This witness indicated that she heard nothing at the time the staged attack was occurring&comma; despite the fact that Defendant Smollett told CPD detectives that his attackers were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;yelling” racial and homophobic slurs at him&comma; and he in turn was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;yelling” back at them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The staged attack lasted 45 seconds&comma; and it was just outside the view of the desired nearby camera that Smollett had pointed out to the brothers approximately 15 hours earlier&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;mac&amp&semi;banner&equals;1FZGRVPF8BC16Q1ZQE02&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;linkID&equals;f9801c3d500ac94c0a39101f126ad014&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;Approximately one minute later&comma; video evidence showed the brothers run from the location&comma; southbound toward the Chicago River and westbound toward Columbus Drive&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Video evidence also captured the brothers entering a taxi at the Hyatt Regency Hotel across the river at 02&colon;10 A&period;M&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Abimbola-Abel-Osundairo-and-Olabinjo-Ola-Osundairo-3&period;png&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C450&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1"><strong>Video evidence&colon; The brothers are seen exiting a taxi on the 3600 block of North Marshfield Ave&period;&comma; Chicago&comma; around 2&colon;25 AM on Jan 29 and walk northbound<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Video evidence then showed that at 2&colon;25 AM&comma; the brothers exit the taxi on the 3600 block of North Marshfield Ave&period; and walk northbound&period; This was only a few blocks from the brothers’ Lakeview apartment&comma; which was also the original Uber pick up location to the staged crime scene&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;professional&lowbar;beauty&amp&semi;banner&equals;1MW66JMA9EFHZB6W6W02&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;linkID&equals;080bfcf631497a01c3fb5a449558ec23&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;Video shows the brothers walking from where they were dropped off toward their home&period; Two minutes after the brothers exited the taxi&comma; at 2&colon;27 A&period;M&period;&comma; Defendant Smollett’s manager called the police to report the incident&period; At approximately 2&colon;42 A&period;M&period;&comma; Chicago Policearrived at Smollett’s apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Chicago Police Officers observed that Smollett had a rope draped around his neck&period; This was captured on police body worn camera&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Seconds later&comma; Smollett asked the Police to shut off the cameras&period; Smollett then made a police report where he claimed he was the victim of an attack in which the offenders struck him while yelling racial and homophobic slurs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-307672" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;Hangmans-noose-1-300x200&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"596" height&equals;"397"><strong>Smollett&nbsp&semi; reported that his assailants placed a rope around his neck&comma; poured a liquid chemical on him&comma; and told him this is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;MAGA Country&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Smollett also reported that the offenders placed a rope around his neck&comma; poured a liquid chemical on him&comma; and told him this is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;MAGA Country&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Defendant Smollett also reported for the first time&comma; that three days prior&comma; on January 26&comma; 2019&comma; he received a phone call from an unidentified phone number in which an unidentified male caller stated&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Hey you little F&&num;8212&semi;-&&num;8221&semi; before ending the call&period; Smollett also told police that the incident happened near a camera&comma; which he stated should have captured the attack&period; This is the same camera that Defendant Smollett pointed out to the Osundairo brothers in preparation of this staged attack&period; Smollett also told police that the initial and primary attacker &lpar;now known to be Abel Osundairo&rpar; was wearing a ski mask which covered his entire face&comma; with the exception of his eyes and the area all around his eyes&period; Smollett stated to the police that he could see that the area around this person’s eyes was white-skinned&period; As stated earlier in this proffer&comma; the Osundairo brothers are dark skinned male blacks&period; During the Good Morning America interview referenced earlier&comma; Smollett stated &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And it feels like if I had said it was a Muslim&comma; or a Mexican&comma; or someone black&comma; I feel like the doubters would have supported me much more&period; A lot more…” These statements by Smollett further misled the police and the public to believe that his attackers were white&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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