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- JAKE SMOLLETT’S BGRAPHY: SIBLGS, WIFE, NET WORTH, FAY. GAY?
- 'EMPIRE' STAR JSIE SMOLLET NFIRMS HE'S GAY
- 'EMPIRE' STAR JSIE SMOLLET NFIRMS HE'S GAY
JAKE SMOLLETT’S BGRAPHY: SIBLGS, WIFE, NET WORTH, FAY. GAY?
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Smollett is acced of lyg to police when he reported he was the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack downtown Chigo nearly three years ago.
(Charl Rex Arbogast/The Associated Prs)Jsie Smollett took the wns stand Monday at his trial on charg of stagg a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lyg to Chigo police about actor who starred on the TV show Empire is expected to share his acunt of what happened January 2019 an attempt to refute damagg ttimony om two brothers who ttified last week. They said Smollett, who is gay and Black, orchtrated the hoax to get publicy, givg them $100 US for suppli and stctg them to place a noose around his neck and yell homophobic slurs. They suggted that after the brothers, Abimbola and Olabgo Osundairo, were qutned by police about the alleged attack, they asked Smollett for $1 ln each to not ttify agast him at rts se at Smollett trial after star wnsJsie Smollett lawyer tells urt he's 'a real victim' of racist and homophobic attackSmollett's lawyers also have argued that Chigo police shed to judgment when they brought charg agast Smollett, and suggted a third person may have been volved the the wns stand Monday, Smollett told the jury how he grew up a close-kn fay of six children and started performg as a child actor before gettg more to said he "me to terms" wh his sexualy his early 20s, when he got volved chary anizatns, cludg a group that fights AIDS the Black said he dned for the Empire role of a sger who is gay bee he had never seen a Black man portrayed that way.
'EMPIRE' STAR JSIE SMOLLET NFIRMS HE'S GAY
Actor and sger Jsie Smollett is one of the breakout stars of Fox's h drama Empire, and while much of the buzz surroundg him has foced on his talents, there's also been plenty said about his the show, he plays Jamal Lyon, a gay sger and the middle son of Luc (Terrence Howard) and Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) battlg his father's real life, Smollett's sexualy has been a topic of nversatn, and now he's settg the rerd an terview wh Ellen DeGener nducted backstage at Ellen, he nfirmed that he is gay and explaed why he's never felt the need to discs his personal life. "Until his nversatn wh DeGener, Smollett nsistently refed to discs his sexualy terviews, tellg Sway on his rad show a few weeks ago that fans shouldn't assume that he's gay.
Prosecutors poted to the brothers’ ttimony and evince that they were paid by Smollett – who is Black and gay – to stage a fake hate crime attack to garner sympathetic media verage. Smollett told police after the purported attack near downtown Chigo that he was subject to racist and homophobic slurs by two unknown men, who also poured bleach on him and wrapped a noose around his neck. Last week, brothers “Bola” and “Ola” Osundairo ttified that Smollett, who is Black and gay, directed and paid them to rry out a sham anti-gay and racist attack orr to garner sympathetic media verage.
'EMPIRE' STAR JSIE SMOLLET NFIRMS HE'S GAY
His fense attorneys have said he was a real victim and have suggted durg the trial that homophobia may have been a motive the attack. First, five police vtigators ttified that Smollett told them two men had attacked him the street, yelled racist, anti-gay and pro-Tmp remarks, put a noose around his neck and poured bleach on him.
“You’re not a victim of a racial hate crime, you’re not a victim of a homophobic hate crime. Smollett, 39, was found guilty December on five unts of felony disorrly nduct for makg false reports about what he said was an anti-gay and anti-Black hate crime.
The actor, who is Black and gay, told Chigo police that on a igid night January 2019 two unknown men attacked him, yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him, poured bleach on him and wrapped a noose around his neck. Smollett mataed his nocence durg his sentencg hearg Thursday after a judge sentenced the former "Empire" actor to 150 days jail for lyg to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he orchtrated himself.