Jussie Smollett maintains innocence in rare interview, calls claims he staged attack ‘bulls–t’
‘It was set up to make it seem like I was lying about something or everything,’ Smollett said
By Brian Flood Fox News
Former “
Empire” actor
Jussie Smollett, who was famously accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself, said he is frustrated that he’s not able to speak out but maintained his innocence.
“What happened in these last two years, it has humbled me in a way that nobody could possibly understand,” Smollett said Wednesday in his first interview in nearly two years. “Out of all these jokers in this entire situation, I am the only human being who has not changed his story one time.”
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Smollett spoke with former CNN commentator
Marc Lamont Hill, who posted the lengthy chat on his Instagram page. Hill asked Smollett what the biggest falsehood he’s heard about him has been since the alleged incident.
“Well, I mean that I did a hoax, obviously,” . . .
. . . After another investigation by special prosecutor Dan Webb, six counts of the same charges were filed against Smollett, to which he
pleaded not guilty earlier this year. Smollett told Hill that the Osundario brothers “changed their story at the last minute” when asked about their claims that the actor set up the attack. . . .
. . . Smollett then urged viewers to “look a little bit deeper” at police departments and prosecutors involved in his case . . .
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