After weeks of twists, turns, and seemingly no headway made in the case surrounding the attack of ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett, police have confirmed an arrest has been made.
Details inside:
Two brothers being questioned in the Jussie Smollett case are now under arrest, police said.
The men–Obabinjo Osundairo and Abimbola Osundairo–were arrested Friday in connection with an alleged attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett. The men were identified by their attorney, Gloria Schmidt.
The suspects being questioned by detectives in the case are brothers who worked on Empire with Smollett.
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Despite local police authorities confirming that Smollett is not being treated as a suspect at this time as there is no evidence the incident was a hoax (click here to read more on that), Chicago news outlets are still reporting there is a chance the attack was “potentially orchestrated by the actor himself and involved the two other men.”
The two men were seen on surveillance video near where Smollett told police he was attacked on Jan. 29. Just a day after we reported the police “identified two people,” CBS Chicago unveiled:
Schmidt said police detained her clients Wednesday evening at Customs at O’Hare. The two men were returning from a trip to Nigeria when officers raided their family’s home on the North Side.
Pictures from the raid show the front door busted off its frame, items thrown across the living room, bedroom doors damaged and clothes tossed everywhere.
Police left behind an inventory list. Some of the items seized include a black face mask hat, an Empire script, phone, receipts, a red hat and bleach.
No charges have been filed at this time.
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Jheeze that’s messed up.
lil liar
Ikr. Story is hella fake. If the show he works under is flopping, this stunt aint gonna helping in anyway.
I’m glad he wasn’t killed for sure!!
Starting to think it was a hookup gone bad or they were escorts trying to rob him once they knew who he was. Only explanation for him not cooperating with police by showing his phone before he scrubbed it
But they knew him already. It wasn’t just a random link-up. They were his gym partners.
https://slate.com/culture/2019/02/jussie-smollett-attack-explained.amp
who cares… im glad he got jumped because he was Weak and Ugly on and off camera.
Idk I just don’t think he’d tell such a big lie & get the police & fbi involved. He has nothing to promote & empire doesn’t come back on until mid March, it’s still the #1 show on Wednesday’s, he’s not getting killed off so what reason would he have to make it all up? Then for Lee & Fox to co sign him, I jus think we gonna have to watch this all play out
Hahaha!!! I knew the truth would start to come out in the end! Jussie was saying it was maga supporters he is such a liar! Jussie is a liar!! Caught!!
I’m sorry but that could be complete bull. What if they wore maskes and they pretended to be Maga supporters?
What are the chances he would run into his gym partners at 2 am randomly in Chicago though?
What a way to make the Black Community look dumb!
You lied, pinned it on Trump supporters and had the nerves to compare yourself to Tupac… AUDACITY!
We supported you and this is how you make us LOOK to draw attention to Empire again? FOH!
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They should LOCK Jussie Smollett up!
HASHTAG: #ArrestJussieSmollett
? How does he make blk community look dumb?
Does Trump make the white community look dumb?
Yes, trump actually does make white communities look dumb. Anytime I see one of his supporters I think. Wow
Yes.
You can’t charge them on serious charges if It was a hoax orchestrated by Jesse Smollett he paid them and if there’s no question he said they were white so false police charges and public outrage towards Jussie
Watch he gone say I don’t know them
I’m sure they have Nigerian accent so to say they say maga country idk
Hilarious! You can’t convince me these two giants fought thin bodied Jussie out of blind hatred and left no more than a one-inch abrasion. Jussie would’ve been folded in half with multiple bone fractures and an unrecognizable face if these two people truly set out to hurt him. The three of them together cooked up this “attack”.
Exactly! Jussie is a big ok liar! Sad all this to get attention!
I keep hearing multiple reports.
I have also read that Chicago Police denied that there has been an arrest.
Jesse, swallow the n** and bounce! DL dudes don’t like to be outed. Smh ??♂️
So he was beat up by his gym partners who he just so happen to run into while he was waking to Subway at 2 am? ?
https://slate.com/culture/2019/02/jussie-smollett-attack-explained.amp
That article doesn’t state the source of this statement. That’s hearsay and admissible. They cited everything that was verified(Arie News, the police etc) and this statement wasn’t verified.
You’re right.
Those two must be his jerk off buddy…. BJ, CJ all nite long….
Now they’ve already been released.