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Defense lawyer: Attack on Jussie Smollett was real, brothers sought payoff
Headline from ABC 10 Sacramento, on the newest of 2 developments
The defense worked to cast doubt on Abimbola Osundairo’s testimony that Smollett recruited him and his brother to stage a fake attack because he wanted publicity.
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Man testifies Smollett recruited him, brother to fake attack
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Defense lawyer: Attack on Jussie Smollett was real, brothers sought payoff
The defense worked to cast doubt on Abimbola Osundairo’s testimony that Smollett recruited him and his brother to stage a fake attack because he wanted publicity.
Abimbola Osundairo said Jussie Smollett asked him and his brother “to fake beat him up” and instructed them on how to carry out the January 2019 hoax. Smollett planned a “dry run” and gave him a $100 bill to buy supplies for the staged attack, Osundairo said.
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