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2019-02-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Jussie Smollett Case: Brothers Questioned By Police Were Paid $3,500 To Stage Attack
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Posted by Fred 2019-02-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 18 months in jail sounds about right
Posted by Jim Cramer6666666 2019-02-18 01:49||   2019-02-18 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 The brothers told detectives the three men rehearsed the attack days prior to it happening.

Outtakes and bloopers ?
Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-18 06:47||   2019-02-18 06:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Gay pr0n reel...
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-02-18 07:01||   2019-02-18 07:01|| Front Page Top

#4 His new Atty Monico is gone:
"According to Fox 32 news reporter Rafer Weigel, lawyer Michael Monico is no longer representing Jussie Smollett after a disagreement occurred about the decision to release a statement this past Saturday night. Weigel said Smollett is now being represented by Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson, two attorneys from Chicago.

Along with that, representatives for Jussie Smollett said Michael Monico was never repping the actor from the beginning. However, Monico spoke to Fox News and reportedly told them he was representing Smollett, but now that is no longer the case.

Since then, CBS reporter Charlie De Mar noted that Smollett’s management team acquired the service of Anne Kavanagh, whose firm offers crisis management."
Posted by Frank G 2019-02-18 07:39||   2019-02-18 07:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Per TMZ:
"The sources say there were red flags from the get-go. Cops were extremely suspicious when Jussie took them out to the area where he said he was attacked and pointed to an obscure camera saying how happy he was that the attack was on video. Turns out the camera was pointing in the wrong direction. Cops thought it was weird he knew the location of that camera.

And, there's this. We're told investigators didn't believe the 2 alleged attackers screamed, "This is MAGA country," because, "Not a single Trump supporter watches 'Empire.'""
Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2019-02-18 08:27||   2019-02-18 08:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Good Blog covering Chicago Police gossip
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-02-18 10:24||   2019-02-18 10:24|| Front Page Top

#7 To be fair, I don't think anyone watches Empire, which may be part of the motive here.
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-02-18 10:55||   2019-02-18 10:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Well one thing is for certain sure, any way you slice it this has been a bang up Black History Month.
Posted by Cesare 2019-02-18 10:55||   2019-02-18 10:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Now that this has been established as a hoax (yes, you are as surprised as I am), we can move on to the next phase:
Amnesty for Jussie because prosecuting him will only serve to deter non-fakey victims from coming forward. Assuming we ever get non-fakey victims.
Posted by SteveS 2019-02-18 12:46||   2019-02-18 12:46|| Front Page Top

#10 I am waiting for the "It should have been true!" Gambit. Kind of like a Latin American poet.
Posted by SR-71 2019-02-18 13:04||   2019-02-18 13:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Think her name was Rigoberto Minchu.
Posted by SR-71 2019-02-18 13:05||   2019-02-18 13:05|| Front Page Top

#12 Jussie Smollett’s sisters, actresses and activists, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, and Jazz Smollett-Warwell, worked as leading campaign surrogates for former President Barack Obama, and less than a year ago, videos of Jussie dancing with Michelle Obama went viral.
Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2019-02-18 13:15||   2019-02-18 13:15|| Front Page Top

#13 Hate Hoax Map
Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2019-02-18 13:28||   2019-02-18 13:28|| Front Page Top

#14 Shamelessly stolen from the Howie Carr Show's Chump Line segment - "Jussie Smollett is proof that, if you give a man enough rope, he'll hang himself."
Posted by Raj 2019-02-18 17:13||   2019-02-18 17:13|| Front Page Top

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