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Jussie Smollett refuses to speak the truth: Actor's ‘attackers’

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23.11.2024

Ola and Bola Osundairo, the brothers hired by Jussie Smollett in 2019 for his alleged scheme, say the disgraced actor is refusing to admit guilt.

Smollett, who is Black and gay, accused his "attackers" of shouting racist and homophobic slurs at him before putting a noose around his neck in Chicago six years ago.

In 2021, the actor was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct after it turned out he set up the attack. Testimony at his trial indicated he paid the brothers, whom he knew from the set of the TV show "Empire," $3,500 to carry out the “attack.”

That pair joined NewsNation's........

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