Jussie Smollett has been turned from victim to criminal after the alleged cry he raised over an homophobic attack against him turned around to be a staged attack he took on himself.
Chicago Police has since classified him as a suspect and also released mugshot of him.
During a news conference, the Police Superintendent has shown fury over Jussie Smollett for allegedly betraying the African American and LGBT communities to further his career in a “publicity stunt.”
The Superintendent further said that Jussie Smollett staged the attack on himself because “he was dissatisfied with his salary.”
The Superintendent also revealed that said wounds on Jussie Smollett were most likely self-inflicted.
As for the hate mail sent to Fox Studio in Chicago for Jussie, the Superintendent said Jussie sent a “false letter”.
According to report by TMZ, the police had had doubts over Jussie’s story, especially after he had kept the rope around his neck for 42 minutes after the said attack. They also became suspicious when he took them to the crime scene and was immediately able to finger a camera which a claimed to have captured the whole incident. Unfortunately for him, the said camera was pointing in the wrong direction.
The accused Nigerian brothers, Abel and Ola Osundairo, revealed to the police that Jussie planned the attack with them.
They further said that they drove with Jussie in the days prior to the incident scouting a location and even rehearsed the “attack.”
Law enforcement believes Jussie timed the “attack” for January 29 because he knew the Osundairo brothers were leaving for Nigeria that day.
Watch the Police Superintendent speak during the news conference.
