Jsie Smollett, who starred on the TV show Empire 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 .
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- PHOTO SHOWS OLA OSUNDAIRO WORKG GAY PRI PARA TROJAN COSTUME
- JSIE SMOLLETT TRIAL: 'EMPIRE' ACTOR FOUND GUILTY OF STAGG RACIST, ANTI-GAY ATTACK
PHOTO SHOWS OLA OSUNDAIRO WORKG GAY PRI PARA TROJAN COSTUME
CHICAGO — The two brothers at the center of Jsie Smollett’s crimal trial faced btal cross-examatns on Thursday as they were pated as homophobic, dg-alg opportunists who had a history of lyg and tend to hurt the actor. Abimbola Osundairo, 28, was grilled for two hours by Smollett’s attorney Shay Allen, who alleged that he and the “Empire” actor had prevly dated and had masturbated together at a gay bathhoe and that the attack was fueled by a sire to be the actor’s secury guard.
Olabjo Osundairo, 30, was qutned on past homophobic ments he ma and admted he ed such rogatory terms toward men he “spected” were gay. The brothers allege that Smollett paid them to drs up like MAGA-lovg “Tmp supporters” and “fake beat him up” that night, while the fense claims the attack on the gay actor was an actual hate crime fueled by the Osundairos’ homophobia.
On Wednday, Abimbola had told jurors that he and Smollett had gone to the Steamworks bathhoe together Chigo’s Boystown neighborhood, a predomantly gay muny, and on Thursday, Allen asked if gay pornography was played on the televisns si the spa. “You don’t rell seeg gay pornography?... Attemptg to st Abimbola as a homophobe, Allen mentned that homosexualy is illegal Nigeria, where the brothers have strong ti, and claimed Abimbola had lled someone on the set of “Empire” a “f- - - -t.
JSIE SMOLLETT TRIAL: 'EMPIRE' ACTOR FOUND GUILTY OF STAGG RACIST, ANTI-GAY ATTACK
Defense attorney Tamara Walker spent hours pepperg him wh qutns about homophobic ments he had ma and discrepanci his ttimony.
Moments after Olabjo acknowledged he ed the phrase “uy ass” to refer to a man he spected was gay, Walker asked whether Smollett had known he had said such thgs the past. Jsie Smollett is found guilty of filg a false police report a fake hate crime Mry/EPA, via ShutterstockA jury Chigo found the actor Jsie Smollett guilty on Thursday of falsely reportg to the police that he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic asslt 2019, an attack that vtigators prented as a hoax directed by the actor liberatg for more than ne hours, the 12-person jury dited that had chosen to believe the acunts of two brothers who ttified that Mr. Smollett had received a letter at the “Empire” stud that clud a red stick figure hangg om a noose, a homophobic slur and the acronym “MAGA, ” a reference to former Print Donald J.
”— Julia Jabs and Mark Guaro The polilly charged se attracted natnal Rez/Chigo Sun-Tim, via Associated PrsWhen news broke that Jsie Smollett, an actor the Fox mic-dtry drama “Empire, ” claimed that he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack, stck a chord a polilly divid natn nontg the persistent threat of actor told the police that he was attacked on Jan. 29, 2019, he was walkg home om gettg a sandwich at Subway, talkg to his manager on the phone wh one earbud , when he heard someone yellg racist and homophobic slurs at him.