Jesse Smollett has been removed from the last few episodes of empire. It was reported by the police in Chicago. They believe the reason he staged this hoax was because he was dissatisfied with his and we have varying reports. Some say he was making as much as sixty five thousand dollars per episode. While others say it could be upwards of one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars, So he stands to lose a couple one hundred thousand dollars over this, but we do have other updates. The proffer bond hearing shows that police had a witness and they were on him, probably from the get go based on the document released by the CPT. I believe the police are acting like they didn't know. It was a hoax for awhile when they actually actually did it. We're also learning that one of the brothers was actually Jussie small drug dealer. Today. Let's take a look at the latest news on what happened, starting with Jesse getting removed from his show, but before we get started,

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are also aware of the effects of this process on the cast and crew members who work on our show and to avoid further discussion on set. We have decided to remove the role of Jamal from the fine, two episodes of the season. The story notes that the actors bail was set at one hundred thousand dollars with small, let required to post ten thousand dollars for release within hours with his release, smile, it returned to work on the set of Fox is empire. His next court date has been set for Thursday March 14th at one thousand. One hundred and thirty am at the Chicago Police Press conference. They said they believed his motive for staging Alex was because he was dissatisfied with his salary, but inside a reports he may be making one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars per episode, which means him being written out of these episodes could cost him two hundred and fifty thousand dollars it would seem. Should these allegations prove true his attempt at making money through a social justice hoax back fired and it's

going to lose money from insider a well placed source, told Huffpost reporter Yashar Ali that small, it was paid, sixty five thousand dollars per episode for his co. Starring role on the most recent season of empire, but Hollywood reporter places some salary at one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars per episode. On average Huffpost noted there are eighteen episodes of empire per Season Yesterday we saw a video of Justice Millett leaving police custody after posting bond, and after this we heard a statement from some a lot. This story from deadline, Jussie Smollett, feels betrayed. After one hundred thousand dollar bail hearing, says: he's innocent mister, small. It is a young man of impeccable character and integrity, who fiercely and solemnly maintains his innocence and feels betrayed by a system that apparently wants to skip due process and proceed directly to sentencing write a statement sent out late Thursday on behalf of the Empire actor. Today we witness an organized law enforcement spectacle that has no place in the american legal system. The hyperbolic statement,

the presumption of innocence. A bedrock in the search for justice was trampled upon at the expense of Mr Spotlight and notably on the eve of a mayoral election. Also noted, tossing more political edge into an already sharply political affair. This morning it was did that just Smollett apologizes to the empire cast and crew, but insists that he is innocent This will let apologize for the cast and crew of empire on Thursday night for any embarrassment of the recent allegations may have caused, but he maintained He was innocent a person at the meeting, told CNN the person at the meeting, they were shocked and dismayed that smile it stuck to his story of innocence. For the most part, the source said: Smallett paraphrased. What was in the statement? That is a put out that afternoon, blaming the legal system and the media for his woes. Now before we get to the proffer from the police, which has some pretty interesting new information. I want to highlight this story from the Chicago Sun Times. They say things could get worse for small at if the feds get involved. So my let has been charged in state court with felony disorder.

Conduct for allegedly making a false police report, he claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack at the hands of two men January. Twenty ninth in Streeterville, if convicted, he could face up to three years in prison or a punishment as lenient as probation, but it is not escape notice that the FBI has been involved in the three week. Investigation that generated international headlines and prosecutors told a judge Thursday at the FBI, is conducting a forensic analysis of a threatening letter, small it received at this in a space Chicago Film studios on January twenty. Second, meanwhile, the comments made by police and prosecutors, Thursday suggest criminal charges could be available to federal prosecutors. Should they choose to pursue them, the defense attorney, said, of course the feds would have to make sure they could prove their case small. It maintains his innocence. Chicago police, superintendent, Eddie Johnson, told reporters Thursday that this stunt was orchestrated by small,

because he was dissatisfied with his salary. So he concocted a story about being attacked. He also said the threatening letter addressed to small. It was part of the ruse that could expose small leads to a charge of mail fraud. The attorney said he used the mail defense attorney Michael at injure sad. If that's a crime, defense attorney Joseph Lopez, said small. What could also be charged with communicating a threat through the mail or even with lying to federal authorities, and he said federal sentencing guidelines suggest such charges could put smaller in prison for years because of dual sovereignty: double jeopardy, wouldn't prevent charges in state and federal court. He said he could be charged in both places. Theoretically, while Lopez suspects, the feds won't bring a case against a lot. The actor's celebrity status could pressure prosecutors and edit your pointed to the many sources the Chicago Police Department deployed.

While looking into his claims. You've got to have a deterrent effect. Editor said it. You can't let people do this, but there was more extremely important information in the proper released by the Chicago police. One bit of information, notably Jussie Smollett, allegedly bought Molly from nigerian brother Molly, a reference to ecstasy. According to the bond proffer issued by prosecutors in the Cook County state attorneys office smell, it first met a below Sendero in the fall of two thousand and seventeen oh Sendero appeared on empire and the two develop, friendship that included socializing and exercising together, oh- and I also worked as a stand in character for small. It's love interest on the Fox show prosecutors claim small. It purchased designer drugs and requested him to provide the drug of multiple times since the spring of twenty eighteen, SAM, Charles of the Chicago Sun Times posted it image. Yesterday of Jesse Smollett's bond proffer,

it's got more interesting information in it. They mentioned that Abel was asked to provide a molly to smell it, but they also mention after able confirm the date and time of the Strip defendants mullet, texted able stating might need your help on the low you around to meet up and talk face to face the proper claims that small. Ask the two brothers to catch his attention by yelling a racial and homophobic slur. Defendants mallet further detail that he wanted able to attack him, but not hurt him too badly and give him a chance to appear to fight Dennis Miller, also included that he wanted all up to place a rope around his neck pour gasoline on him and yell. This is not a country, they claim that he And then, with one hundred dollars bill to purchase the rope gasoline in ski masks and red baseball caps, which resembled the ones that say make America right again now. This is where it gets interesting. They state, while the staged attack was occurring, a witness who is

for you, NBC News Chicago, had just parked and exited her vehicle just around the corner from the location of the stage attack. This witness indicated that she heard nothing at the time the state to tap was occurring despite the fact that defended small at told CPD detectives that attackers were yelling racial, homophobic slurs at him, and he was internet yelling back at them. The stage attack lasted forty five seconds and it just outside the view of the desired nearby camera that small. I had pointed out to the brothers approximately fifteen hours earlier, the proper mentions smell. It picked up the brothers and he brought them to where he wanted them to stage tech. They say further. Details were provided by Smallett, which included at the staged attack was to take place near the stairs on the southwest corner of new, an n water, ST at one thousand pm the following night smile at all. So get the brothers not to bring their cell phones with M smell. It directed the brothers attention

surveillance camera on the corner, which he believed would capture the incident. There was a change in the plan that bleach was going to be used rather than gasoline at during the simulated attack. So will it then drove the brothers home and provided them with a three thousand five hundred dollars, personal check made payable to able which was backdated to January 23rd, two thousand and nineteen? These are claims made by the Chicago police, but there are particularly definitive. They claim to have a witness if they had a witness around the corner. From the time you attack occured. I'd have to assume they knew from the get go. This was a hoax, especially considering what was going on with the letter, the police claim. That was only the 47th hour of attending the two brothers that they decided to cooperate, and this change the trajectory of the investigation, but if they had video surveillance footage of justice, while at pointing out the camera, they had a witness claiming she heard nothing. I'd have to assume they thought. This was a hoax from the get go, especially considering statements made by justice millet when the police first question

he apparently pointed out the camera and claimed that was you know, thankfully, filming what happened, but it was pointed in the wrong direction and police said this was suspicious that he knew where the camera was. It would seem that just see assuming these allegations are true, it's not particularly intelligent and he made some mistakes. He pointed out a camera that he wanted to film him later. Did he not think they would have him on camera, pointing at the camera and showing up with the Who then, are there later attacking him? If you wanted the attack on camera, then they would have known immediately

was a hoax. This thing was so absurdly so poorly planned. He even paid them with a check which is easily retrieved. They could get copies and images. The banks keep records of these things. The brothers were arrested. How would this not have fallen apart? It's extremely surprising to me and again the fact that they had a witness that surprising as well, because we didn't know this was true police had these two people are persons of interest and many believe there was no one else located near the scene, but in fact there was an employee of NBC Chicago. This took place not too far away from NBC. Tower and many employees work throughout the night. I find it hard to believe that the police would put out false information, but you never know it will be interesting to see what small its defense is going to be because they claim to have pretty definitive information and the brothers are apparently cooperating. So let me know if you think that

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