I suspect he thought no one would be able to hunt down his Nigerian friends, and everyone would just take his word for what happened.
He’s never met a real Trump supporter in his life. Nor has any of his friends or co-workers and he was hoping neither had the police. So they all shake their heads sadly, tell him how courageous he is, and for the rest of his life he gets introduced as the noble survivor, etc.
Regards,
Shodan
I suppose anything is possible, but he did call police and they came and took a report, so if he had that notion, I imagine it was dispelled shortly after reporting it. Certainly by the time they were asking him for phone records.
There are (too many) non-celebrity hoaxes that get investigated and discovered too. I guess some people see real advantage in the status of being a victim of a hate crime.
I agree that these sort of hoaxes are terrible, and make it more difficult for actual victims to find justice.
My first thought when this broke was that he was attacked, but that he wasn’t telling the full story. There were just too many coincidences for it to be a random attack. A few weeks earlier some college kid claimed his had been kidnapped walking through an alley behind the McDonald’s in Lincoln Park. Immediately everyone asked “why were you walking through the alley and why the hell would kidnappers just happen to grab you?” Sure enough, a couple days later he revealed it was a drug deal gone wrong.
Interesting insights. How long have you been intimately acquainted with Mr. Smollett?
(I assume you aren’t generalizing and making assumptions at the same time you accuse him of generalizing and making assumptions, because that would be really hypocritical…)
So what’s the latest from Smollett? Is he still denying that he orchestrated the attack? Last I heard was this statement from his attorney, two days ago:
Sounds like he’s digging a deeper and deeper hole.
It’s going to get ugly if he finally admits this was staged.
Meanwhile the police are trying to schedule another interview. Smollett is unavailable.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/18/jussie-smollett-case-investigation-alleged-attack-brothers-released/amp/
The original news stories are getting buried by the more recent ones so I wasn’t able to find anything by quick Googling, but I could have sworn it was his friend or manager who called the cops.
“a spokesperson for Smollett’s attorneys”?!? I wonder how much it costs to hire attorneys that have their own spokesperson.
Probably a legal secretary or paralegal who works at the firm.
We’ve never met. I have never even watched his show.
No, that’s kind of silly. I haven’t faked any hate crimes against myself. Or anyone else.
Even though it was a long weekend.
Regards,
Shodan
Here’s an article from a Chicago CBS station: Jussie Smollett Case: Clues Into Potential Motive Behind The Attack
The article seems to imply that he may have been involved in sending the letter.
He was clearly at the end of his rope and was just trying to start a vital, much needed conversation about the nature of inescapable American bigotry, as well as calling out Trump on his hateful policies and also shining a cleansing, healing light on the vile, pervasive racism inherent in Subway’s decision to pull their Tuna Jalapeno Melt from the “Five Dollar Footlong” menu.
There’s also speculation that his character was going to be written off of the show, and so he did this to gain public sympathy and support.
Of course, “Empire” has denied there were any plans to let him go.
If that’s the case, he may be well and truly fucked. I have doubts as to whether Cook County would prosecute him for filing a false police report, but the letter with white powder probably involves the Feds, and probably a much higher chance of prosecution.
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Fixed typo in title.
Wouldn’t they though? It’s not like a show is going to reveal potential plot twists or bad blood which tend to be the main reasons for suddenly writing a character out of a show, especially when they were asked back when it was still a coin-flip if this was real or a hoax.
Cook County IMHO did some ingenious sleuthing to get to the bottom of this, fueled again IMHO by how bugshit crazy his story was. Id be a little surprised if they did not press charges. Especially given how quick they told the two guys “Well you’re charged with battery dudes. You wanna tell me the truth now??”
“At the end of his rope”? Good one.
How many laws has this guy broken?
The people who did the ingenious sleuthing (the police) are not the same ones that decide whether to take a case to trial (the prosecutor) or not, but I hope you’re right. Justice for Jussie!