Over a year after Jussie Smollett plead not guilty over renewed felony charges stemming from his alleged 2019 hate crime incident, the 39-year-old maintained his innocence in a Chicago hearing Wednesday (July 14).
Referring to the legal proceedings as “dog and pony show” as he entered the courtroom, the former ‘Empire’ star addressed his ‘filing a false police report’ case again – this time to a judge who will determine the next steps regarding the fate of one of his lawyers.
As revealed in the video above, Smollett took part in a five-hour hearing to determine whether one of his attorneys, Nenye Uche, should be allowed to continue representing him in the case.
It should be noted the hearing had nothing to with the charges against Smollett, but was instead ordered by Cook County Judge James Linn to see if Uche had a conflict of interest after two key witnesses in the case – the brothers who were allegedly paid by Smollett to fake the attack – allege they spoke to him off-record. Uche has denied the accusation.
Linn will announce his decision regarding the matter at a later date.
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Gloria Schmidt Rodriguez, an attorney for the the brothers, told reporters she believes the judge will disqualify Uche.
“I think enough evidence and proof was laid out today to support our position,” she said.
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He’s guilty, period!
💯 shame on him, smh!
Chuck him in jail and throw away the key!
Jussie can still get it mmmmmmm. 😘
Yessss ❤️He’s hot! Bet those inmates love him long time💅🏿 Drill that nice asssssssssssssssdd
That one lie of his just won’t let up. If he had come clean way back when… he’d probably be good by now and back to making money.
I support him 1000000%. Lol 💯 He won the first time and now it’s just silly. Let’s talk about the MAGA Trump supporting terrorists who terrorized our US Capital building that actually injured people and put their stank funky behinds all in the building. Let’s talk about the white people out here still calling the cops on innocent black people daily. Let’s talk about the actual Chicago P. D. who I’m sure have done atrocious things to innocent people, especially black men.
Jussie didn’t actually hurt or harm anyone. Not one soul. 😎
He did. He’s reinforcing all those lies you yourself believe and just stated.
Salvage those last three teeth in your mouth and put a down payment on your double wide trailer. ✌️
He’s a fkn lie and deserves the heat.
YASS KWEEN!
The LOW I.Q. democrat actor who was close nit with the Obama’s, Jarrett, and other high ranking democrats thought he could scream “racism” and the liberal judges would throw the case/cases out of court…..but those same democrats have left him high and dry….lol