Jussie Smollett Maintains that he was the victim of a real 2019 hatred crime, blaming his attackers, the Chicago police service and the former mayor Rahm Emanuel for a plot against him.
Before the Netflix documentary “The truth about Jussie Smollett?”, He insists that his account remained coherent and that his story was not a hoax.
Jussie Smollett reconstructs his career in new music, theater and the realization of projects, notably “The Lost Holiday”, while returning to the “Special Forces” of Fox.
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Jussie Smollett says that the Chicago police and the former mayor targeted it in 2019
In a new interview with VarietyThe disgraced actor Smollett castigated the Chicago police, the former mayor Emanuel, and the two people who would have attacked him, deeming them “bad guys”.
“The bad guys are the two people who attacked me, the Chicago police service and, if I can be so courageous, the mayor,” he said, referring to Rahm Emanuel, who was mayor of the city from 2011 to 2019 and is the brother of the Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel.
The former star of “Empire” insists that he was the victim of a real hatred crime, the one that many came to believe were made. He alleged that Chicago officials orchestrated a plot against him.
When asked why the Chicago police service and the former mayor Emanuel would target it, he answered his own questions.
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“Could it be that they had just discovered the missing minutes and the missing band of the murder of Lacan McDonald? Could the mayor have helped to hide this?” He asked, referring to the murder in 2014 of a black teenager by a chicago officer, who led a federal judge to impose radical DPC reforms shortly after the reported attack by Smollett.
Smollett added: “We live in a world where superiors, their main mission, in order to do all the sneaky things they do, is to distract us with the brilliant object.”
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Jussie Smollett denies the 2019 attack staging before the release of the Netflix documentary
Smollett also spoke before the August 22 exit of the Netflix documentary “The Truth About Jussie Smollett?”, Insisting that he was truthful from the start.
“The story of each other person has changed several times. Mine has never.
He said he had been attacked by two masked men who launched racist and homophobic insults, placed a knot flowing around his neck and sprayed him with bleach.
These statements have since been described as a “hoax”, much believing that Smollett has set up the alleged attack.
As indicated by BreathThe brothers of Osundairo, who were directly involved in the alleged hoax, have since urged Smollett to admit guilt.
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The actor says he saw “ first “how false” stories “on a person are built
Smollett underlined his innocence, stressing that he personally witnessed false stories about him concerning his allegations of hatred crime.
“What has not happened is the story that has been there for almost seven years, that I would even have a reason to do something as obvious as it,” he added.
“I saw in the first hand how the stories are constructed. I saw in the first hand the way someone can take exactly the opposite of who you are and literally sell it,” said Smollett, reiterating that the DPC and Emanuel were part of a conspiracy against him alongside his attackers.
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Jussie Smollett returns under the spotlight with the music, reality TV and the success of the cinema
Smollett is actively working to rekindle his career as an actor, director and musician.
After six years far from the spotlight, he signed with Rowdy Records, releasing his main single, also entitled “Break Out”, on August 12, with the full album scheduled for the end of September.
He also returned to Fox as a member of the distribution in the next season of the series of reality “Special Forces”, in first on September 25.
His film, “The Lost Holliday”, which he directed, co-written, produced and played in the launch on Tubi and amassed 800,000 views during his first 72 hours.
Although these steps may seem modest compared to his peak on “Empire”, where he won $ 100,000 per episode, Smollett is regularly rebuilt.
By thinking about public appearances, he said: “Whenever I have to go doing something now, I say to myself:” It’s time to be Whitney Houston. “”
“It’s like a role you play when you go out, where you are, but it is not really who you are,” added Smollett.
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Jussie Smollett sets for Jabari Redd, sharing romantic proposal photos
Outside screen, Smollett focuses on his personal life. He was engaged to his colleague actor Jabari Redd, whom he met in 2015, and they plan to marry next June.
Smollett hopes for a wedding at the manor of Von Trapp in Salzburg, a nod to “The Sound of Music”. However, he said joke Variety“We are not Bezos.” For the future, he also noted that he wanted “a child – or three”.
The actor shared the news of Instagram engagement on Friday June 20, just before his 43rd anniversary.
“I will spend my birthday with my fiancé … He said yes,” he wrote, publishing a carousel of photos that captured the proposal.
The images showed him on a knee on a quiet street, the Redd’s delighted reaction, when the ring was placed on his finger, and the couple kissing in the middle of laughter and champagne, with a close -up of the sparkling ring to crown it.
