{"id":1068220,"date":"2021-11-30T11:29:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1068220"},"modified":"2021-11-30T11:30:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:30:04","slug":"smollett-attorney-claims-osundairo-brothers-are-sophisticated-criminals-who-set-him-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smollett-attorney-claims-osundairo-brothers-are-sophisticated-criminals-who-set-him-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Smollett Attorney Claims Osundairo Brothers Are \u2018Sophisticated\u2019 Criminals Who Set Him Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmollett-attorney-claims-osundairo-brothers-are-sophisticated-criminals-who-set-him-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1068220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former \u201cEmpire\u201d actor Jussie Smollett\u2019s attorney claimed in his opening statement that his client was the victim of two \u201csophisticated\u201d criminals \u2014 brothers&nbsp;Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo \u2014 who did not like Smollett and were apparently endeavoring to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/jussie-smollett-insists-he-was-set-up-says-he-has-two-new-witnesses-to-refuse-hoax-claims\/\">set him up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/jussie-smollett-criminal-trial-set-to-begin-today-3-years-after-alleged-hate-crime-hoax\/\">Smollett<\/a>, who is charged with felony disorderly conduct \u2014 because he allegedly payed the brothers to stage a fake racist and homophobic hate crime \u2014 and filing a false report, claimed that he was attacked on a cold night in Chicago by two of former President Donald Trump\u2019s supporters who put a rope around his neck and informed him, \u201cThis is MAGA country!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmollett trial: in opening, Smollett\u2019s attorney is telling jury that Smollett is a victim. The Osundairo brothers are \u2018sophisticated\u2019 criminals that did not like Jussie,\u201d Fox News national reported Matt Finn tweeted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Smollett trial: in opening, Smollett\u2019s attorney is telling jury that Smollett is a victim. The Osundairo brothers are \u201csophisticated\u201d criminals that did not like Jussie.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1465478306271223816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smollett\u2019s attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1465479748809805828\">argued<\/a> that there was \u201can elephant in this room \u2014 assumptions.\u201d Once he was finished speaking, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1465488674351718417\">Smollett<\/a> walked across the room to where his mother was sitting and appeared to wipe a tear from his eye as he reached to hug her.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution\u2019s opening statement was focused, Finn said, on driving home the allegation that Smollett had staged his own fake hate crime. \u201cSmollett trial: prosecutor is repeatedly calling Smollett\u2019s incident a \u2018fake hate crime.\u2019 Really using the word fake a lot in front of jury,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Smollett trial: prosecutor is repeatedly calling Smollett\u2019s incident a \u201cfake hate crime.\u201d Really using the word fake a lot in front of jury.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1465474634812436480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finn also noted that the prosecution focused heavily on the fact that Smollett had initially <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1465474117776429071\">refused<\/a> to hand over his cell phone when investigators had asked for it, arguing that it was \u201calmost unheard of\u201d for victims of hate crimes to deny officials access to evidence \u2014 mainly because not having that evidence could prevent them from ever catching the perpetrator. According to the prosecutor, the obvious reason for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1465474119512776708\">Smollett\u2019s refusal<\/a> to hand over his phone was that he did not want investigators to see that he had contacted one of the Osundairo brothers.<\/p>\n<p>According to former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani \u2014 who is not a part of Smollett\u2019s case \u2014 the prosecution\u2019s case is a good one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prosecution is strong because of corroborating, independent evidence that is consistent with Smollett making a false police report,\u201d Rahmani told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/jussie-smollett-trial-legal-expert-verdict-strong-evidence\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cWhat type of explanation can Smollett\u2019s attorney have to justify him contacting the brothers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>Rahmani admitted he \u201cexpects a guilty verdict\u201d and thinks Smollett is \u201csomeone who doesn\u2019t deserve any type of break.\u201d In fact, the legal expert believes the trial only \u201cbrings more attention to Smollett\u2019s misconduct\u201d which the public was starting to forget about since the incident occurred before the pandemic.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Whether Smollett, who is Black and gay, testifies remains an open question. The brothers are expected to testify at trial and repeat what they told police in the past, that Smollett paid them to carry out the attack in order to raise his public profile.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles-based criminal defense attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silvalegal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Silva Megerditchian<\/a>&nbsp;told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/jussie-smollett-trial-legal-expert-verdict-strong-evidence\">Fox News<\/a> that even in the event of a conviction, she did not expect Smollett to serve prison time. \u201cSmollett is facing 6 counts of essentially minor class 4 felonies that&nbsp;carry a maximum sentence of three years in State prison,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cThe judge will&nbsp;consider that Smollett has no history of any arrests nor convictions \u2014 and thus will likely give him a probationary sentence.&nbsp;Keeping that in mind,&nbsp;however, this was a case that got national attention, and stirred a lot of anger that Smollett would stage this kind of grotesque racial attack.&nbsp; As well, the City of Chicago spent a lot of money investigating these false charges. Thus, I would not be surprised if the Judge imposes some kind of sentence, considering the nation is watching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former \u201cEmpire\u201d actor Jussie Smollett\u2019s attorney claimed in his opening statement that his client was the victim of two \u201csophisticated\u201d criminals \u2014 brothers\u00a0Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo \u2014 who did not like Smollett and were apparently endeavoring to set him up.Smollett, who is charged with felony disorderly conduct \u2014 because he allegedly payed the brothers to stage a fake racist and homophobic hate crime \u2014 and filing a false report, claimed that he was attacked on a cold night in Chicago by two of former President Donald Trump\u2019s supporters who put a rope around his neck and informed him, \u201cThis is MAGA country!\u201d\u201cSmollett trial: in opening, Smollett\u2019s attorney is telling jury that Smollett is a victim. The Osundairo brothers are \u2018sophisticated\u2019 criminals that did not like Jussie,\u201d Fox News national reported Matt Finn tweeted.Smollett trial: in opening, Smollett\u2019s attorney is telling jury that Smollett is a victim. The Osundairo brothers are \u201csophisticated\u201d criminals that did not like Jussie.\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) November 30, 2021Smollett\u2019s attorney argued that there was \u201can elephant in this room \u2014 assumptions.\u201d Once he was finished speaking, Smollett walked across the room to where his mother was sitting and appeared to wipe a tear from his eye as he reached to hug her.The prosecution\u2019s opening statement was focused, Finn said, on driving home the allegation that Smollett had staged his own fake hate crime. \u201cSmollett trial: prosecutor is repeatedly calling Smollett\u2019s incident a \u2018fake hate crime.\u2019 Really using the word fake a lot in front of jury,\u201d he tweeted.Smollett trial: prosecutor is repeatedly calling Smollett\u2019s incident a \u201cfake hate crime.\u201d Really using the word fake a lot in front of jury.\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) November 30, 2021Finn also noted that the prosecution focused heavily on the fact that Smollett had initially refused to hand over his cell phone when investigators had asked for it, arguing that it was \u201calmost unheard of\u201d for victims of hate crimes to deny officials access to evidence \u2014 mainly because not having that evidence could prevent them from ever catching the perpetrator. According to the prosecutor, the obvious reason for Smollett\u2019s refusal to hand over his phone was that he did not want investigators to see that he had contacted one of the Osundairo brothers.According to former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani \u2014 who is not a part of Smollett\u2019s case \u2014 the prosecution\u2019s case is a good one.\u201cThe prosecution is strong because of corroborating, independent evidence that is consistent with Smollett making a false police report,\u201d Rahmani told Fox News. \u201cWhat type of explanation can Smollett\u2019s attorney have to justify him contacting the brothers?\u201dFox News reported:Rahmani admitted he \u201cexpects a guilty verdict\u201d and thinks Smollett is \u201csomeone who doesn\u2019t deserve any type of break.\u201d In fact, the legal expert believes the trial only \u201cbrings more attention to Smollett\u2019s misconduct\u201d which the public was starting to forget about since the incident occurred before the pandemic.\u00a0Whether Smollett, who is Black and gay, testifies remains an open question. The brothers are expected to testify at trial and repeat what they told police in the past, that Smollett paid them to carry out the attack in order to raise his public profile.\u00a0Los Angeles-based criminal defense attorney Silva Megerditchian\u00a0told Fox News that even in the event of a conviction, she did not expect Smollett to serve prison time. \u201cSmollett is facing 6 counts of essentially minor class 4 felonies that\u00a0carry a maximum sentence of three years in State prison,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cThe judge will\u00a0consider that Smollett has no history of any arrests nor convictions \u2014 and thus will likely give him a probationary sentence.\u00a0Keeping that in mind,\u00a0however, this was a case that got national attention, and stirred a lot of anger that Smollett would stage this kind of grotesque racial attack.\u00a0 As well, the City of Chicago spent a lot of money investigating these false charges. Thus, I would not be surprised if the Judge imposes some kind of sentence, considering the nation is watching.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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