{"id":1094710,"date":"2021-12-07T13:44:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T18:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1094710"},"modified":"2021-12-07T13:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T18:44:33","slug":"jussie-smollett-asks-prosecutor-to-stop-saying-n-word-while-quoting-his-text-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jussie-smollett-asks-prosecutor-to-stop-saying-n-word-while-quoting-his-text-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Jussie Smollett Asks Prosecutor To Stop Saying N-Word While Quoting His Text Messages"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fjussie-smollett-asks-prosecutor-to-stop-saying-n-word-while-quoting-his-text-messages%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=1094710&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 asked Special Prosecutor Dan Webb to stop reading the N-word out loud during the court hearing as the attorney read Smollett\u2019s own messages aloud as evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange took place during the sixth day of the controversial trial involving Smollett. He is facing six counts regarding allegations he staged a hate crime against himself in 2019 and claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the messages included the use of the N-word, prompting Smollett to interrupt the prosecutor to ask him to spell or abbreviate the word so as not to offend \u2018every African American in this room,.&#8217;\u201d Tyler McCarthy reported for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/jussie-smollett-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The messages were originally written by Smollett.<\/p>\n<p>Webb then invited Smollett to read his own messages before the court, but said he would not comply with Smollett\u2019s request. Smollett reportedly complied with the offer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Webb: I don\u2019t intend to do that sort.. you can read your messages aloud.<br \/>Smollett then reads his own message<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1468250691793829893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/there-was-no-hoax-jussie-smollett-claims-under-oath-that-he-was-driving-smoking-a-blunt-and-texting-in-car-with-osundairos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Monday, 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,\u2019\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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFinnFNC\/status\/1467958855724421121\">running joke<\/a>&nbsp;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>According to&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<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 bathhouse.<\/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>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<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 asked Special Prosecutor Dan Webb to stop reading the N-word out loud during the court hearing as the attorney read Smollett\u2019s own messages aloud as evidence.The exchange took place during the sixth day of the controversial trial involving Smollett. He is facing six counts regarding allegations he staged a hate crime against himself in 2019 and claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic incident.\u201cSome of the messages included the use of the N-word, prompting Smollett to interrupt the prosecutor to ask him to spell or abbreviate the word so as not to offend \u2018every African American in this room,.&#8217;\u201d Tyler McCarthy reported for Fox News.The messages were originally written by Smollett.Webb then invited Smollett to read his own messages before the court, but said he would not comply with Smollett\u2019s request. Smollett reportedly complied with the offer.Webb: I don\u2019t intend to do that sort.. you can read your messages aloud.Smollett then reads his own message\u2014 Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 7, 2021As The Daily Wire reported Monday, 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,\u2019\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\u00a0running joke\u00a0on 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.According to\u00a0Smollett\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\u00a0first night they met they had done weed and cocaine together and gone to a private room in a bathhouse.Osundairo\u00a0said 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\u00a0dry 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":325,"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-1094710","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\/1094710","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\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1094710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094710\/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=1094710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1094710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1094710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}