GUILTY IL - Actor Jussie Smollett allegedly attacked in hate crime, Jan 2019 #6 *GUILTY*

New Posts

Status
Not open for further replies.
al66pine said:
The Brothers' Accent?
@mickey2942 sbm for focus
Yes, excellent point. How pronounced is the accent? Did a quick search for vid clips w either or both of them speaking. No luck. Anyone? Thx in adv.
Click to expand...
I vaguely remember reading that the brothers were born here in the US, and they didn't have Nigerian accents. Of course I could be completely wrong.
 
No, they don't have a Nigerian accent, but they don't sound the way JS portrayed the verbiage.

I am not a specialist on voice analysis, but they sound more like Kanye West than Donald Trump. I would not confuse these guys for being Caucasian by voice alone.
 
Accent?
mister happy said:
Here's a video clip of Ola speaking:
Click to expand...
@mister happy. Thx for the clip. Per info below, FWIW:
"Police have not identified the brothers, but they said in a statement Monday: “”We are not racist. We are not homophobic, and we are not anti-Trump. We were born and raised in Chicago and are American citizens.”
{ETA. ^ Yahoo news, Feb 19, 2019. Sorry lost the link, cannot locate now}

Makes sense that the accent/manner of speaking would reflect Chicago upbringing w a dash of influence from elsewhere. The clip was an audition for Renzo (a hustler role?), so he may have deliberately emphasized that Chicago edge. my2ct
 
 
These tweets are a bit out of order but are amusing.

Jason Meisner @jmetr22b tweeted 5:25 pm

UPDATED story from #JussieSmollett trial, including a "pretty face" comment during a police interrogation and a testy exchange that prompted one of Smollett’s supporters to cry out in court, “So WHAT?” Testimony continuing in Linn's courtroom: https://chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-jussie-smollett-trial-day-2-20211130-bcwjfdx2xrhhncg32haw6lw5aa-story.html… w/@crepeau



Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) Tweeted 4:10pm

Special prosecutor objected:

Judge sustained and questioned where defense was going with line of questioning and judge said "so what." in reference to detectives questions. Defense attorney and team Smollett were visibly upset. Judge spoke with attorney's privately after.

https://twitter.com/CharlieDeMar/status/1465805495441281028?s=20
 
Megan Crepeau

In interviewing people on the Empire set, police learned that someone alleged Bola attacked them for being gay. Theis says they knew of the accusation but didn't have proof of it, then says he didn't interview the person who said he was attacked.


(I'm unclear on whether any other police interviewed that accuser)

Theis says after the brothers told them Smollett staged the attack because he was unhappy with the Empire studio's response to the threatening letter, Theis did not call the studio to check out whether security was being taken seriously.

Uche: "So you believe the brothers (and charged) Jussie but you don’t verify the alleged motive with the Empire studio?"

Jurors viewed short clip of the brothers' police interrogation, during which one officer apparently referred to Jussie's "pretty face." Uche asked Theis if he thought that was appropriate. Prosecutors objected. Lots of cross-talk.

Then Linn, from the bench: "He can say that. So what?" Smollett's supporters audibly cried out from the gallery. "So WHAT?!" one of them said.

I'm not completely clear on what the "so what" was referring to. There was a lot of cross-talk there. I took it to mean the detective was conducting an interrogation and can say whatever he wants.

"That was inappropriate," Uche said, and indicates that he might have a motion. The defense team is in a back room conferring. The jury has been sent out of the room.

We're back. Uche and prosecutor Webb approach the bench. Linn then addresses jurors: "Things get testy from time to time," he said. "I don’t want you to concern yourself with the fact that voices were raised … there's no intention certainly by the court to indicate displeasure"


Theis now being questioned about a tweet by one Osundairo brothers asking a follower "why are you following Frank Ocean, you know that n---a gay, right?" Theis said he did not interrogate the brothers about that tweet. Again: defense trying to paint the brothers as homophobic.
 



[URL='https://twitter.com/crepeau']Megan Crepeau[/URL]
On to the $3500 check for training/nutrition. Police confirmed that Abimbola did indeed provide training and meal plans. And he initially told police the check was to train Smollett, Theis said.

When did the story change? Theis: "He said he would normally charge no more than $50 … we said, 'but Jussie paid you $3500 for it.' He said 'well it was probably also for the staged attack.'"

On to the search warrant of the brothers' residence, where police found multiple guns. Olabinjo Osundairo has an aggravated battery conviction. Uche: "You are well aware that felony convicts should not possess guns?" Prosecution objects to "possess;" Linn says Theis can answer.

(At previous court dates the defense has said, essentially, that they want to bring all of this in to argue the brothers told police what they wanted to hear so they could avoid being charged themselves.)
 


[URL='https://twitter.com/crepeau']Megan Crepeau[/URL]


Cocaine was found in a safe in the brothers' residence. Bottles of bleach were also found, which Uche says is a processing agent for drugs. leading to this classic exchange:

Uche: Officer, have you ever heard of the term “Trap house”? Theis: A house that contains traps … you turn this light bulb and (something) opens. A trap house.



i raised my eyebrows, not gonna lie


Police didn't suspect the brothers' house was involved in any major drug manufacturing or trafficking because the amount of cocaine found was so small, per Theis (in other words, you know, they didn't consider it a trap house)

2h

Uche presenting a now-familiar defense point, saying that the "on the low" text was a request from Smollett for herbal weight-loss substances that you couldn't get in the U.S.



Uche is raising some defense points in the form of questions, i.e., "did you ever learn from your investigation that the brothers were trying to scare Jussie so he would hire them as security?" (Judge calls for a sidebar.)



Smollett himself did not call police, his manager did. Uche: "Having that information in front of you, did it make sense that he wasn’t even trying to publicize the so-called hoax?" Judge Linn calls that "pure argument" and says the jury will decide what makes sense.


Judge Linn is getting impatient. Uche says he's almost finished with cross-examination but Linn says it's time for prosecutors to go into re-direct. "We have to move on." Linn will give Uche wider leeway on re-cross, he says. Uche sits down. Re-direct begins.


(I don't think I've seen that before, a judge saying oh you're almost done? well in fact you're actually done, time for redirect)


Prosecutor Samuel Mendenhall on re-direct has Theis establish that the guns in the Osundairos' apartment belonged to Bola (not Ola, who had a felony conviction)
 
What I have learned so far:


The brothers are homophobic opportunists and criminals, probably members of the Hitler youth, who befriended for nefarious reasons Jussie Smollett, one of the kindest people in the world with a very pretty face.


Then one night in sub zero weather, the brothers casually strolled around outside until 2am waiting for Jussie to per chance appear (so devious) all while disguised as white KKK MAGA loving grand wizards. The evil duo simultaneously poured bleach on, beat up, and simulated a lynching of our hero, a hero we now know as The Gay Tupac. Jussie was bravely able to fight the f*ck back by using a tuna salad on rye as a weapon.


They may have robbed him of that innocent sparkle in his eye, but they were not successful in robbing him of his sammich.
 




The witness who told police she saw a suspicious white man with a rope in the vicinity actually saw that person about an hour and a half *before* the attack on Smollett, and she only saw about an inch of rope, Theis testifies.



Smollett was in his apartment with the rope around his neck for about half an hour before police arrived, even though he apparently had no intention of calling the police, prosecutors point out.


"With no explanation, Mr. Smollett kept on a vicious symbol of hate, all that a noose stands for, unexplained, for 35 minutes?" Mendenhall says. defense objects, the judge sustains. Both sides are getting argumentative in their questioning, Linn said




Mendenhall: Any explanation for why two men would attack someone who had just given them $3500 the day before? Another objection.


There was no activity on Ola's phone from 11:45 pm the night of the attack to 8 am the morning after, prosecutors pointed out, supporting the brothers' claim that Smollett told them to ditch their phones and not communicate. BUT.

Apparently Ola had three phones with him upon return to the States. Uche: "Where are the other two phone records … where can I find them?" Prosecutors object strenuously and Linn sustains strenuously
 
Snoods said:
What I have learned so far:


The brothers are homophobic opportunists and criminals, probably members of the Hitler youth, who befriended for nefarious reasons Jussie Smollett, one of the kindest people in the world with a very pretty face.


Then one night in sub zero weather, the brothers casually strolled around outside until 2am waiting for Jussie to per chance appear (so devious) all while disguised as white KKK MAGA loving grand wizards. The evil duo simultaneously poured bleach on, beat up, and simulated a lynching of our hero, a hero we now know as The Gay Tupac. Jussie was bravely able to fight the f*ck back by using a tuna salad on rye as a weapon.


They may have robbed him of that innocent sparkle in his eye, but they were not successful in robbing him of his sammich.
Click to expand...

Would you like to come wipe the Diet Pepsi up that I just spit all over my keyboard? That was awesome
 
Snoods said:
Lol! I’m happy I made you laugh. We don’t get the opportunity for much of that around here.
Click to expand...

And, this was only the first day of the trial.
Jussie Smollett trial begins with jury selection in Chicago on Monday - CNN

Six men, six women on the jury, no information on race. Which I find interesting.

But this trial is not about race, but who is more credible, Osundario brothers or JS.

The sentence for one count, felony is up to 4 years in prison. The "Gay Tupac", indeed.
 
Last edited:
mickey2942 said:
And, this was only the first day of the trial.
Jussie Smollett trial begins with jury selection in Chicago on Monday - CNN

Six men, six women on the jury, no information on race. Which I find interesting.

But this trial is not about race, but who is more credible, Osundario brothers or JS.

The sentence for one count, felony is up to 4 years in prison. The "Gay Tupac", indeed.
Click to expand...

Megan Crepeau (@crepeau) did tweet this yesterday:

I can only go by sight on this, but it appears that the 16 potential jurors who were questioned were overwhelmingly white. There was one man of Middle Eastern descent, one Black woman, and one woman with a Latino surname.

https://twitter.com/crepeau/status/1465395788880752651?s=20
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

DNASolves

Who is Escambia County John Doe (1989)?

Members online

... and 139 more.
Total: 3,634 (members: 140, guests: 3,494)

Online statistics

Members online
140
Guests online
3,494
Total visitors
3,634
Totals may include hidden visitors.

Forum statistics

Threads
592,409
Messages
17,968,517
Members
228,767
Latest member
Mona Lisa
Back
Top