In quoting Smollett during trial, the prosecutor used the word 'nigger' just as the defendant had used it. Smollett condemned the prosecutor for using the forbidden wordd and got him to apologize for the sake of 'every African American' in the courtroom
Daily Mail
December 8, 2021
Here is part of special prosecutor Dan Webb's closing argument:
Jussie Smollett was branded a 'serial liar' who 'without question' orchestrated a hoax attack in January 29, 2019, by hiring his friend and sometimes lover Abel Osundairo, and his brother Ola to beat him up in an effort to boost his career.
Special Prosecutor Dan Webb tore through Smollett as he addressed the jury, telling them the actor deliberately 'tailored' his testimony to avoid the truth and lied to them repeatedly under oath.
'There is no question that Mr. Smollett is the person who orchestrated it. Mr. Smollett went on that witness stand and made many, many false statements to you, he lied under oath to you jurors in the course of this trial. I clearly established he was providing you false testimony on critical issues. I cross examined him yesterday because it was clear to me that he was tailoring his testimony.
‘He knew there was a substantial amount of evidence that showed he did exactly what the brothers said he did. And he knew there was surveillance and GPS evidence,' he said.
Webb called it 'ridiculous' to suggest that the brothers, who were identified through evidence as being those on the street of the night of the attack, were there for any other reason.
He also laughed off Smollett's claims that he was out on the streets looking for eggs.
'Either he had plans to be there with the brothers or he likes eggs,' he said.
He called Smollett's alleged lies 'heinous' and said it was 'downright wrong' to do what he is charged with.
On Tuesday, Smollett became agitated with special prosecutor Dan Webb for repeating the N word aloud while reading private Instagram messages that Smollett had sent Abel Osundairo while flying from New York City to Chicago in the hours before the attack.
He
asked Webb not to use the word for the sake of 'every African American'
in the courtroom. When Webb apologized, Smollett snapped: 'Apology
accepted but it's been used a lot.'
3 comments:
When the law is against you and the facts are against you, you throw mud balls.
Sadly Bob...throwing mud balls seems to be work in today's society.
When you're done for the count you Holler anything to shift blame away from yourself.
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