A $3,500 CHECK FOR A NUTRITION/WORKOUT PROGRAM?

Jussie Smollett paid $3,500 for a 'training fee' to one of the two brothers who 'staged his hate attack' and NOT to assault him reveals a 'check written by the star', calling strident Chicago police claims into question

Daily Mail
February 24, 2019

Checks written by Jussie Smollett to the two brothers who 'staged his attack' seem to imply that he paid them $3,500 for a 'training fee'.

The 36-year-old actor wrote a check to Abimbola 'Abel' Osundairo on January 23, 2019. This is six days before Abel and his brother Olabinjo, or 'Ola', reportedly faked a hate crime attack on Smollett.

The memo line on the check reads: '5 week Nutrition/Workout program Don't Go.'

At a press conference on Thursday, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson expressed outrage at Smollett for allegedly lying to investigators.

'Why would anyone, especially an African-American man, use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations?' Johnson said. 'How can an individual who's been embraced by the city of Chicago turn around and slap everyone in this city in the face by making these false claims?'

EDITOR’S NOTE: I’m still convinced the Smollett beating was a hoax. I sure hope the prosecutors have some good corroborating evidence other than the check. That check will be used by Smollett’s high-powered defense to offset any testimony by the brothers that it was a payment for them to stage the beating. It will be hard to prove that the check memo was written to disguise the true purpose of the check – to stage the beating.