Newly obtained video from the night of February 15, 2019, shows the Osundairo brothers telling police for the first time that Smollett directed them to carry out a fake hate crime attack weeks earlier
The brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo were kept in Chicago Police detention for nearly two days after they were accused of attacking the"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in a homophobic and racist hate crime.
In the 47th hour of that detention, in a small fluorescently lit room painted a bland white, the brothers began to confess: It was all a hoax."He came up with this plan of how we're gonna, like, pretend to attack him, um, by his house," Abimbola Osundairo told police.. The video even shows the brothers acting out parts of the attack with police detectives, who gamely play along with the reenactment.
Was this justice or revenge?: Prosecutor on Smollett verdict 01:29Smollett was sentenced in March to five months in jail, 30 months of probation, a fine of $25,000 and restitution of over $120,000 to the city of Chicago. He has been released from jail pending an appeal of his conviction.
Newly released video of interrogation in Smollett case 01:25"If I say something it's gonna be opinion. It's not gonna be based off anything he said. So I would think it's to get people to feel for him more," he said.Yet Olabinjo Osundairo said he knew Smollett's motivation. He said Smollett had received a piece of hate mail in recent weeks that the actor believed was ignored.
Watch former police superintendent react to Smollett's sentence 01:04The documentary also features the perspectives of Johnson, the former police superintendent, and Foxx, the Cook County State's Attorney.Johnson was highly critical of Smollett in a news conference announcing the charges against him in February 2019. At the time, he said Smollett"took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career.
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