Jan. 29 assault announced Tuesday that they filed a federal defamation lawsuit against his legal team, including celebrity attorney Mark Geragos.” data-reactid=”27″ type=”text”>On Tuesday, the two brothers who claimed “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett paid them to stage his Jan. 29 assault announced they’ve filed a federal defamation lawsuit against his legal team, including celebrity attorney Mark Geragos. According to Lissa Druss, a spokeswoman for the brothers’ legal team, Abimbola “Abel” and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo are suing Geragos and one of his partners, Tina Glandian.
told detectives that Smollett had paid them to stage the attack, in which they beat him, hurled homophobic and racist slurs, draped a noose around his neck and shouted a President Trump campaign slogan.” data-reactid=”29″ type=”text”>The Osundairo brothers told detectives that Smollett had paid them to stage the attack. They were released and later testified before a grand jury that indicted Smollett on 16 felony counts of lying to police about the attack.
prosecutors dropped all the charges against Smollett, prompting an outburst of outrage from city officials and police, who insisted that Smollett enlisted the brothers, whom he hired as personal trainers, to stage the attack to help raise his profile and his salary on "Empire."” data-reactid=”31″ type=”text”>On March 26, prosecutors dropped all the charges against Smollett, prompting an outburst of outrage from city officials and police, who insisted that Smollett enlisted the brothers, whom he hired as personal trainers, to stage the attack to help raise his profile and his salary on “Empire.”
repay them for the cost of the investigation. He has refused.” data-reactid=”32″ type=”text”>The city has also demanded that Smollett repay them for the cost of the investigation, though he has refused to do so.
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