Jussie Smollett may very well be prosecuted for allegedly staging a homophobic and racist assault on himself, regardless of his case being dismissed.
The ‘Empire’ star was instructed in March he would not be charged over allegations he orchestrated a racist and homophobic assault on himself in January, however now a Chicago decide has ordered a particular prosecutor to be appointed to overview the way in which the case was dealt with.
According to TMZ, the decide stated in his order: ”If cheap grounds exist to additional prosecute Smollett, within the curiosity of justice the particular prosecutor could take such motion.”
The decide additionally stated ”unprecedented irregularities recognized on this case” warrants the appointment of a particular prosecutor.
Jussie was beforehand indicted on 16 felony counts of mendacity to police, after he alleged he was attacked by two males who beat him and put a rope round his subsequent whereas yelling racial and homophobic slurs.
The actor had all fees towards him dropped in March, however the determination prompted the City of Chicago to demand he hand over a whopping $130,000 to compensate for the additional time pay for police who investigated his case.
In April, after he refused to pay, the City determined to file a lawsuit towards him, which might see him face a trial for allegedly staging the assault.
In the lawsuit, the City alleged that Jussie had been pals with one in every of his alleged attackers, Abel Osundairo, since 2017, and claimed he contacted Abel shortly earlier than the assault to ask him for ”assistance on the low”.
The lawsuit claimed Jussie then arrange the assault with Abel and his brother Ola, and the group agreed Abel would assault Jussie however wouldn’t harm him too badly and would give Jussie an opportunity to seem to battle again.
The papers alleged Jussie deliberately misled officers into believing his attackers have been white, when he knew in any other case, and accused him of losing police sources on investigating the alleged assault.
The City stated the price of investigating the case was at the very least $130,000 in additional time alone, however it needs lots of of hundreds of {dollars} on prime of that to cowl attorneys charges and extra bills.
