About Jussie Smollett February 25, 2019

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Jussie Smollett's check to brothers written before 'Empire' actor ...
WLS-TV-4 hours ago
ABC News has obtained the $3,500 check that was apparently written by "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to one of the two brothers who Chicago police said ...source close to Smollett told ABC News that the $3,500 check was $600 per-week for the workout plan and $100 per-week for the nutrition plan.  ABC News has also obtained text messages between Smollett and one of the Osundairo brothers. 

Terrence Howard defends 'Empire' co-star Jussie SmollettNBCNews.com
Terrence Howard Meltdown On 'Empire' Set ... Confronted Jussie
TMZ-8 hours ago

Chicago police say they have more evidence Jussie Smollett staged ...
In-Depth-Fox News-3 hours ago

Mitch Albom: Truth is The real victim in the Jussie Smollett case
Opinion-Detroit Free Press-Feb 23, 2019 Tonight is the Academy Awards, so perhaps it’s fitting that last week’s biggest story was an actor’s excellent performance — in an accused hoax.

Everyone is using their identity politics to frame this story for their own purposes, instead of pointing out the real rotten tooth in this national grimace.

Lying.  Bold, bald-faced, bang-your-fists-and-swear-it’s-real lying.

The biggest victim here isn’t race, sexual preference or a political party.

The biggest victim is truth.

Chicago Police Chief: "There's A Lot More Evidence" to Support Jussie ...
In-Depth-Hollywood Reporter-2 hours ago

Jussie Smollett deserves punishment t for hate crime hoax, but he also deserves compassion

Daniel Payne, Opinion contributor Published 11:00 a.m. ET Feb. 25, 2019

USA TODAY  Jussie Smollett is not Lex Luthor; he's more like an inept shoplifter caught trying to steal a canned ham. We should consider feeling sorry for him.

Chicago Police Have Additional Evidence Against Jussie Smollett ...
Deadline-55 minutes ago

Jussie Smollett's story shows how intolerant of 'victims' we really are
Opinion-The Guardian-11 hours ago  media reaction to the actor’s alleged fabrication shows how ‘victimhood culture’ is used as a means to attack minorities   But, despite the rarity of victim culture in the wild, when it emerged that American actor Jussie Smollett may have fabricated a racist and homophobic attack on himself in Chicago, it was immediately obvious to many why they thought he did it. It wasn’t because he was a creep or a sociopath or an attention seeker: it was because of victimhood culture.

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Victimhood culture is one of those phenomena, like “political correctness gone mad”, that isn’t a real thing, but has nevertheless been adopted by the right and the left, and made mainstream with little questioning as to why. It wasn’t just Fox News and Trump supporters who relished the opportunity to point out that Smollett’s actions were a manifestation of our fetish for the victim. African-American academic John McWhorter writes in the Atlantic that the Smollett story reveals “something else modern America is about: victimhood chic. Future historians and anthropologists will find this aspect of early-21st-century America peculiar, intriguing, and sad.” In the National Review, Andy Ngo goes further to claim that “because of the mainstreaming of academia’s victimhood culture, we are now in a place where we place more value on being a victim than on being heroic, charitable, or even kind”. CNN hosted a talk show entitled “Jussie Smollett and the victim culture”.  insistence on the centrality of “victimhood culture” is symptomatic of a society that is intolerant of victims – waiting to pounce, to roll eyes, scoff, and ideally (but alas rarely), find a gotcha moment to prove that victim narratives are suspect

Jussie Smollett: Police Claim to Have More Evidence as Check Draws ...
In-Depth-Vanity Fair-1 hour ago d hired them to help him lose weight ahead of a music-video shoot. ABC News obtained a copy of the check that shows that memo line, as well as text messages between Smollett and one of the brothers regarding nutrition and exercise that seem to support that narrative.

Still, during an interview Monday with Good Morning America, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson maintained that during their police interrogation, the brothers indicated that the check was given to them explicitly for the attack—and that police have additional evidence supporting this theory that has not been made public yet.

When G.M.A.’s Robin Roberts asked Johnson why the Osundairo brothers changed their story—confessing to their alleged crime just one hour before police would have had to let them go—Johnson replied, “You know, we worked very closely with their lawyer. And their lawyer went in there and talked to them and whatever she said to them apparently got through to them to just tell the truth about what happened. And that’s what they decided to do.”

 Sources told TMZ that the actor refused to come out of his trailer for most of the day, and that one of the reasons Smollett was removed from the series was because Howard and others among the cast believed that he was lying about the attack.

How did police catch 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett? Lots and lots of ...
USA TODAY-Feb 23, 2019
CHICAGO – Dozens of private and city-owned security cameras played a critical role in helping investigators unravel “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett's alleged ...
Jussie Smollett recently hosted documentary on lynching, filmmaker ...
Local Source-Chicago Tribune-Feb 23, 2019

I listen to real victims of bias all the time. Jussie Smollett is infuriating.
Opinion-Washington Post-Feb 22, 2019

From Screen to Scorn: For Jussie Smollett, a Life of Arts and Activism ...
In-Depth-New York Times-Feb 23, 2019
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Jussie Smollett paid $3500 to stage his attack, hoping to promote his ...
CNN-Feb 21, 2019
Chicago (CNN) Jussie Smollett paid two brothers $3,500 to stage an attack on him last month, taking "advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his ...
What happened? A timeline of the Jussie Smollett case
Local Source-Chicago Tribune-Feb 20, 2019

Jussie Smollett's bond set at $100000; judge calls charges 'despicable'
Opinion-Washington Post-Feb 21, 2019

Police say Jussie Smollett is a suspect in setting up his own attack
In-Depth-USA TODAY-Feb 20, 2019
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Emanuel opens up after Jussie Smollett, R. Kelly put Chicago in the ...
WGN-TV-13 hours ago
"When I first heard it, it didn't make sense to me, but you have to take the charge seriously. And if you want to do something for your career, there's a lot of ...


Jussie Smollett Cut From 'Empire' Episodes As Attack Probe Continues
Deadline-Feb 19, 2019
As the Chicago police investigation into what really happened to Jussie Smollett in the alleged assault last month intensifies its focus on the Empire actor, the ...
What Happened to Jussie Smollett? Here Are All of His Case's ...
In-Depth-TIME-Feb 19, 2019
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