Empire actor Jussie Smollett has pleaded not guilty to all counts and denies hiring brothers, Abimbola and Olabingo Osundairo, to fake attack him on the early morning of January 29, 2019. If he’s found guilty, he faces up to three years in prison
Photo: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images Testifying in his own defense, former Empire actor Jussie Smollett, 39, took the stand today at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. He’s accused of lying to police and is charged with six felony counts of disorderly conduct. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts and denies hiring brothers, Abimbola and Olabingo Osundairo, to fake attack him on the early morning of January 29, 2019.
Smollett also admitted knowing both Osundairo brothers, having met Abimbola at a nightclub in 2017, and learning he also worked on the show. He said that a sexual relationship developed between them while visiting a gay bathhouse together, Steamworks in Chicago’s Boystown, and that they regularly used drugs while participating in sex acts.
Smollett also admitted under oath that “Bon,” as he called him, would help him buy drugs, including cocaine, marijuana, and ecstasy.
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