{"id":1090927,"date":"2021-12-06T17:14:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T22:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1090927"},"modified":"2021-12-06T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T22:14:51","slug":"there-was-no-hoax-jussie-smollett-claims-under-oath-that-he-was-driving-smoking-a-blunt-and-texting-in-car-with-osundairos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-was-no-hoax-jussie-smollett-claims-under-oath-that-he-was-driving-smoking-a-blunt-and-texting-in-car-with-osundairos\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018There Was No Hoax\u2019: Jussie Smollett Claims Under Oath That He Was Driving, Smoking A Blunt, And Texting In Car With Osundairos"},"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\">44<\/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%2Fthere-was-no-hoax-jussie-smollett-claims-under-oath-that-he-was-driving-smoking-a-blunt-and-texting-in-car-with-osundairos%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=1090927&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 claimed under oath Monday that there was no hate crime hoax, telling the court that he had been in the car with brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo but that he had spent the time driving, smoking a blunt, and texting someone about an appearance on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Smollett, who was charged with faking a racist and homophobic hate crime and filing a false police report, chose to take the stand in his own defense.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News national reporter Matt Finn, who has been covering the trial since its beginning last week, offered several updates via Twitter after Smollett took the stand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJussie Smollett just said under oath \u2018there was no hoax,&#8217;\u201d Finn tweeted, adding, \u201cSmollett says he was driving, smoking a blunt and texting with a woman about MSNBC appearance \u2013 day of January 27th \u2013 when the Osundairo brothers were in his car. Brothers say that\u2019s when hoax was being planned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jussie Smollett just said under oath \u201cthere was no hoax.\u201d<br \/>Smollett says he was driving, smoking a blunt and texting with a woman about MSNBC appearance \u2013 day of January 27th \u2013 when the Osundairo brothers were in his car. Brothers say that\u2019s when hoax was being planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1467965820622061573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smollett also testified that it had become a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1467958855724421121\">running joke<\/a> on the set of \u201cEmpire\u201d that the Osundairo brothers were actually his security team. He claimed that he did not want the studio to provide security because he preferred to drive around in his own car and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1467959749354430466\">smoke my blunt<\/a>\u201d during lunch breaks. The defense went on to argue that the Osundairo brothers were attempting to \u201cscare\u201d Smollett into officially hiring the brothers to provide security.<\/p>\n<p>As to the night of the attack, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1467968018399604736\">Smollett claimed<\/a> Bola Osundairo\u2019s call was to discuss personal training and a meal plan, after which they discussed a trip to Walgreens to buy the eggs Bola told him he needed to eat.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jussie Smollett testifies Bola Osundairo called him the night of the attack to talk about Smollett\u2019s training and meal plan. Smollett says Bola told him he had to eat 4 eggs.. so Smollett talked about going to Walgreens to get eggs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1467968018399604736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1467934150065860608\">Smollett\u2019s testimony<\/a>, he was training with Bola Osundairo primarily because \u201cEmpire\u201d creator Lee Daniels had told him that he was fat, and because he wanted to lose weight for a music video. He also claimed that he and Bola had a more <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1467928044258144268\">personal relationship<\/a>, saying that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-jussie-smollett-testifies-he-did-hard-drugs-went-clubbing-and-to-bathhouse-with-accused-attacker\">first night they met<\/a> they had done weed and cocaine together and gone to a private room in a gay bath house.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/news\/us-world\/cnn-national\/2021\/12\/06\/jussie-smollett-called-to-testify-in-his-criminal-trial-for-allegedly-staging-a-fake-hate-crime\/\">Osundairo<\/a> said last week, under oath, that he had never had a sexual relationship with Smollett. He also told the court that Smollett had orchestrated the entire attack, saying that Smollett had told them what to say and where they should be, even taking them out to show them the location and the camera he hoped would capture the attack, using the code word \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/code-word-training-jussie-smollett-trial-is-not-looking-great-for-former-empire-actor\">training<\/a>\u201d to describe what appeared to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/video-allegedly-captures-jussie-smollett-practicing-dry-run-of-fake-hate-crime\">dry run<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Police detectives said that Smollett appeared to be frustrated when he learned that the camera had been pointed in the wrong direction to pick up the attack, and initially refused to turn over his phone to law enforcement.<\/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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former \u201cEmpire\u201d actor Jussie Smollett claimed under oath Monday that there was no hate crime hoax, telling the court that he had been in the car with brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo but that he had spent the time driving, smoking a blunt, and texting someone about an appearance on MSNBC.Smollett, who was charged with faking a racist and homophobic hate crime and filing a false police report, chose to take the stand in his own defense.Fox News national reporter Matt Finn, who has been covering the trial since its beginning last week, offered several updates via Twitter after Smollett took the stand.\u201cJussie Smollett just said under oath \u2018there was no hoax,&#8217;\u201d Finn tweeted, adding, \u201cSmollett says he was driving, smoking a blunt and texting with a woman about MSNBC appearance \u2013 day of January 27th \u2013 when the Osundairo brothers were in his car. Brothers say that\u2019s when hoax was being planned.\u201dJussie Smollett just said under oath \u201cthere was no hoax.\u201dSmollett says he was driving, smoking a blunt and texting with a woman about MSNBC appearance \u2013 day of January 27th \u2013 when the Osundairo brothers were in his car. Brothers say that\u2019s when hoax was being planned.\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 6, 2021Smollett also testified that it had become a running joke on the set of \u201cEmpire\u201d that the Osundairo brothers were actually his security team. He claimed that he did not want the studio to provide security because he preferred to drive around in his own car and \u201csmoke my blunt\u201d during lunch breaks. The defense went on to argue that the Osundairo brothers were attempting to \u201cscare\u201d Smollett into officially hiring the brothers to provide security.As to the night of the attack, Smollett claimed Bola Osundairo\u2019s call was to discuss personal training and a meal plan, after which they discussed a trip to Walgreens to buy the eggs Bola told him he needed to eat.Jussie Smollett testifies Bola Osundairo called him the night of the attack to talk about Smollett\u2019s training and meal plan. Smollett says Bola told him he had to eat 4 eggs.. so Smollett talked about going to Walgreens to get eggs.\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 6, 2021According to Smollett\u2019s testimony, he was training with Bola Osundairo primarily because \u201cEmpire\u201d creator Lee Daniels had told him that he was fat, and because he wanted to lose weight for a music video. He also claimed that he and Bola had a more personal relationship, saying that the first night they met they had done weed and cocaine together and gone to a private room in a gay bath house.Osundairo said last week, under oath, that he had never had a sexual relationship with Smollett. He also told the court that Smollett had orchestrated the entire attack, saying that Smollett had told them what to say and where they should be, even taking them out to show them the location and the camera he hoped would capture the attack, using the code word \u201ctraining\u201d to describe what appeared to be a dry run.Chicago Police detectives said that Smollett appeared to be frustrated when he learned that the camera had been pointed in the wrong direction to pick up the attack, and initially refused to turn over his phone to law enforcement.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\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1090927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1090927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1090927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}