We thought we had put the saga of the well-known French actor, Juicy Smolliét, aka Jussie Smollett, and the alleged hate crime hoax, however a brand new Netflix documentary has reignited the dialog, even casting doubt because of new proof offered in it.
Smollett is concerned within the new documentary titled The Fact About Jussie Smollett? that revisits the alleged 2019 racial and homophobic assault that noticed him assaulted with a rope put round his neck, leaving many to imagine we witnessed a modern-day lynching initially.
The documentary affords new insights into the case, prompting questions concerning the Chicago Police Division’s motives. Nevertheless, Bossip completely experiences that Smollett and his representatives declare the ultimate lower of the documentary omitted greater than 10 essential factors in an announcement despatched to the web site.
The Netflix Documentary Allegedly Leaves Out Key Insights That Would Show Jussie Smollett’s Innocence
Based on reps for Smollett, the documentary uncared for to incorporate “witness tampering, a failure to run DNA discovered on the proof, and the CPD’s historical past of scandal.”
Per Bossip:
“The FBI examined the rope. The Osundairo brothers’ DNA will not be on it. Jussie’s DNA is on the rope, in addition to an unknown man’s DNA. Nobody ever examined the DNA of the unknown man to seek out out who he’s,” an announcement from Smollett’s reps reads. “The FBI DNA outcomes got here in March 2019, earlier than the costs in opposition to Jussie have been dropped the primary time. Jussie’s attorneys didn’t present the DNA proof to the jury. Jussie was by no means informed about it and came upon about it two years after trial.”
“The Osundairo brothers proceed to disclaim that they made a take care of Chicago police however that’s been utterly undermined and contradicted by former Chicago Police Chief Spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, who publicly stated the Osundairos brokered a take care of CPD,” the assertion reads. “Guglielmi stated CPD used Jussie’s Good Morning America interview to trick the brothers into pondering Jussie ID’d them. On GMA, Jussie merely stated the boys within the picture have been Jussie’s attackers, however by no means stated he knew who these males have been or that they have been the brothers.”
The web site additionally experiences that Smollett didn’t obtain any cash for his involvement within the documentary although everybody else was paid and had no enter concerning what the ultimate lower of the Netflix doc would appear to be.
Reps For Jussie Smollett Declare CPD Pressured A Witness To Change His Story
Smollett’s reps additionally declare that the CPD pressured one of many key eyewitnesses, Anthony Moore, a safety guard at close by lodge who initially claimed he noticed a white male close to the scene of the crime, that might corroborate Smollett’s story and never the police who firmly imagine it was the Osundario brothers who carried out the “hoax assault.”
On the finish of the documentary, when Moore is proven new surveillance footage that appears like a white particular person on the scene, he claims that he sees two Black males.
“Anthony Moore was repeatedly pressured to vary his story. He informed CPD the person he noticed was white, but was taken to a lineup of all Black males,” in line with the assertion despatched to Bossip. “Moore additionally testified that Sean Wieber, of Dan Webb’s particular prosecutor workforce, repeatedly pressured him to vary his testimony and say the suspect was Black. Moore refused, spoke concerning the stress by Sean Wieber at trial, and identified Sean Wieber in open courtroom.”
Fascinating, if true.
Properly, it might appear the documentary is doing its job, former ESPN character, Jemele Hill, spoke about it on Threads, writing in her publish:
“Simply completed the Jussie Smollett documentary. It’s yet one more reminder to journalists to cease treating every little thing the police say as an absolute reality. The police lie. Usually. And it’s even crazier that we now have a justice system during which the police are allowed to mislead folks to supposedly get on the reality.”
We will see if this documentary and this new “key proof” shift the entire public’s sentiment in direction of the case.
