Jussie Smollett has broken his silence after ALL 16 charges related to his alleged “hoax attack” were sensationally dropped by Chicago prosecutors.
Appearing alongside his legal counsel at the Cook County Court House moments ago, the emotional ‘Empire’ star thanked a lengthy list for upholding him – including God, his family, friends, and the LGBTQ community at large.
He stressed “I have been truthful and consistent on every level since day one.”
Jussie, in his words, below…
The star was accused of faking a January beat-down, one he reported to police as being motivated by his race and sexuality. The investigation then turned to him and he was indicted last month.
Now, the case has collapsed and thus he’s a free man.
More as the story develops.
..Oh..Chicago PD drops all charges..Oh the plight of public opinion. We are literally sheeple..which way will you be led ????
He is proven innocent in the eyes of the law however Rahm and Eddie are still attempting to assassinate him in public! Chicago has the highest murder, poverty, r*** and
unemployment rates in the country however the politicians running the city are complaining that a proven innocent man got off??? How about all the cops who got off for killing young black men in the city? How about they solve a murder or two instead of trying to hide crime statistics. Chi is a pitiful city with horrible leaders and its only getting worse! SMH
They didn’t find him innocent… you are f****** idiot..lol
They only dropped these charges because of the mishandling of the case and potential law suits.
Either way you look at it, he still lied and made the attract up. Charges dropped doesn’t mean innocent people.
Neither guilty? Why would want to believe he’s guilty were you there that night? You girls be so pressed
LOL, you are a moron, they didn’t find him innocent and they didn’t drop the case due to lack of evidence. Go read the court documents and stop being a f****** idiot.
@Meme Fortunately, what you think doesn’t matter. The case was dropped because there WAS NO CASE to begin with. So stop acting like you’re smarter than the police department and the prosecutor’s office. He’s innocent, get over it.
LOL… the case wasn’t dropped because he was “Innocent” you idiot… go read the actual court documents….
He took a plea deal in exchange for community service and relinquishment of his bond. He’s hardly an innocent man. The records being sealed makes it even more fishy. I’m not saying he deserved all of those federal charges, but no one’s saying he didn’t stage the attack.
They’re not proving that he did so either. Dropping the charges means that he is innocent in the eyes of the law because he will NEVER be proven guilty. People can continue to debate about his actual innocence but unless you were there, you don’t know. IMO, I have no reason to doubt him at this point.
You are a moron…
I smell a book deal on the way and lawsuits for defamation suits. Jussie, point blank, u still lied. You are not innocent. You just got OFF! Sit.
Lmao I’m absolutely loving all the seething and butthurt from all the social media warriors and armchair legal experts who have been reminded that they’re not smarter that actual legal experts lmao. Enjoy those tears and all that egg on your faces, the truth prevailed and y’all will just have to deal.
LOL… you are a f****** idiot, the only egg on anyone’s face are black and gay victims of actual hate crimes….. Jussie is trash
Some of y’all pressed he ain’t get charged cause y’all wanted to keep talking s*** ???
The two white guys who attacked him are still on the loose . Chicago pd needs to find these white men before they strike again.
They will have a hard time doing that since the attackers he paid to attack him are black and Nigerian….
The case didn’t “Collapse”…. That grape juice is full of Sh*t… Jussie Smollett is a liar and a fraud and the public is done with him.
The details surrounding this case are very sketchy. The fact that there was an “emergency hearing” makes me believe that some s*** went down. Having the records sealed supports that belief as well. In the end, we will probably never know what actually happened that night. As for me, I call b******* but whatever. Congrats Jussie!