Queen Latifah is standing by her friend Jussie Smollett amidst claims he conspired with two friends to fool the world into believing he was assaulted.
Latifah’s words below…
Smollett is accused of hiring two fitness experts to manufacture an attack and publicise it as a way for him to elevate his profile above and beyond ‘Empire.’
Latifah has urged his supporters to wait until the case is closed before writing him off.
She shared these thoughts in an interview with Yahoo’s ‘Through Her Eyes‘…
Until somebody can show me some proof otherwise, I’m going with him. The guy I’ve seen has always been someone who cares about people, who cares about others, and who’s very kind and who’s always been cool and sweet. And that’s the guy I know.Until I can see some definitive proof—which I haven’t seen yet—then, you know, I gotta go with him until I see otherwise. All I know is that I hope everything works out in the end and everybody basically comes out unscathed.
Jussie insists that he innocent.