Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.
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- JSIE SMOLLETT TRIAL: 'EMPIRE' ACTOR FOUND GUILTY OF STAGG RACIST, ANTI-GAY ATTACK
- EMPIRE'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
JSIE SMOLLETT TRIAL: 'EMPIRE' ACTOR FOUND GUILTY OF STAGG RACIST, ANTI-GAY ATTACK
Former “Empire” actor Jsie Smollett was nvicted Thursday on charg he staged an anti-gay, racist attack on himself nearly three years ago and then lied to Chigo police about . Disorrly nduct is a class 4 felony that rri a prison sentence of up to three years, but experts have said he likely will be placed on probatn and orred to perform muny Smollett found guilty of 5 unts of stagg racist, anti-gay attack Chigo, lyg to policeDefense attorneys have suggted the Osundairo brothers were motivated to acce Smollett of stagg the hoax bee they disliked him and saw an opportuny to make money. Defense attorney Uche lled the brothers “sophistited liars” who may have been motivated to attack Smollett bee of homophobia or bee they wanted to be hired to work as his secury.
’ ” Smollett 5: Jsie Smollett first tak the stand, tails alleged attackSmollett told the jury he “me to terms wh my sexualy” his early 20s, when he got volved chary anizatns, cludg a group that fights AIDS the Black said he dned for a role on “Empire” of a sger who is gay bee he had never seen a Black man portrayed that way.
On the day of the alleged attack, Smollett told jurors he was walkg home after buyg a sandwich when someone yelled to him about "Empire" and shouted a racist, homophobic remark. “I am also a well known figure at that time and I am an openly gay man. Olabjo Osundairo also addrsed the fense's ntentn that the brothers were driven by homophobia.
EMPIRE'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET
He ttified that he has nothg agast gays and the jury was shown a photo of the siblgs takg part Chigo’s 2015 gay pri para drsed as trojan cross examatn, fense attorney Shay Allen asked Abimbola Osundairo, who worked as a stand- on the Chigo set of “Empire, ” if he tried to get a $5, 000-per-week job as Smollett’s secury and if after he was qutned by police and released he told Smollett he and his brother wouldn’t ttify at his trial if they were each paid $1 ln. M., Abimbola Osundairo — as stcted earlier by Smollett — shouted a homophobic slur and his brother yelled, “this is MAGA untry.
30, wh former police tective Michael Theis ttifyg that he ially viewed the actor as a victim of a homophobic and racist attack and that police “absolutely” didn’t sh to judgment as Smollett's fense attorney alleged durg openg, who now is assistant director for rearch and velopment for the Chigo Police Department, said roughly two dozen tectiv clocked some 3, 000 hours on what they thought was a hate crime January 2019. ”Uche also suggted the brothers were homophobic, askg Theis on cross-examatn about a homophobic word one of the brothers ed.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Theis said there was a msage ntag a slur but that he don't know if that mak the man homophobic.