Abimbola Osundairo, right, prays with his brother Olabinjo Osundairo, center, a bodyguard, left, and their attorney Gloria Schmidt Rodriguez on Thursday. when I thought about it, it’s Hollywood, I was like, it’s probably what they do out there,” he later added. “He went on to explain that there was some hate mail sent to him at ‘Empire’ studios and he had this crazy idea that two MAGA Trump supporters attack him so he can get the footage of that and put it on social media and have that shown to ‘Empire’ studios,” Olabinjo testified.
While Olabinjo was testifying for the prosecution, he largely repeated what his younger brother had said the day before but went into greater detail about his own role and about what Smollett allegedly asked him and his brother to do. The prosecution successfully objected to the questions. Multiple Yelp reviews for the bathhouse indicate pornography is played at the spa, which is outfitted with numerous “glory holes” and “hook-up rooms.”Īttempting to cast Abimbola as a homophobe, Allen mentioned that homosexuality is illegal in Nigeria, where the brothers have strong ties, and claimed Abimbola had called someone on the set of “Empire” a “f- - - -t.” AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast Abimbola Osundairo (left) and his brother are the prosecution’s star witnesses after they told police Smollett paid them $3,500 to stage the hate crime.
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You don’t remember masturbating with him?” Allen asked.Ībimbola said, “No.” Jussie Smollett (center) arrives at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on day four of his trial in Chicago. “You don’t recall seeing gay pornography?. On Wednesday, Abimbola had told jurors that he and Smollett had gone to the Steamworks bathhouse together in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood, a predominantly gay community, and on Thursday, Allen asked if gay pornography was played on the televisions inside the spa. “What? We were never dating,” said Abimbola, wearing a white button-down shirt, black vest and leather jacket with a popped collar.įrom across the courtroom, Smollett, dressed in a black suit, averted his gaze. “You told him if he gave you and your brother a million dollars each, you wouldn’t testify?” Allen barked at Abimbola, who responded, “No.”Īllen also insinuated Smollett and Abimbola had a sexual relationship by asking Abimbola when he and the actor had started dating. While cross-examining Abimbola, Allen alleged that he used his relationship with Smollett to further his acting career and that he told the star he wouldn’t testify and could make this “all go away” if he paid him and Olabinjo $1 million each. The brothers allege that Smollett paid them to dress up like MAGA-loving “Trump supporters” and “fake beat him up” that night, while the defense claims the attack on the gay actor was an actual hate crime fueled by the Osundairos’ homophobia.Ībimbola Osundairo was immediately painted as a disgruntled lover who wanted to be the actor’s security guard by Jussie Smollett’s lawyer. Testimony from the brothers, the prosecution’s star witnesses, dominated the fourth day of Smollett’s trial in Chicago criminal court on charges that he falsely reported he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019. Olabinjo Osundairo, 30, was questioned on past homophobic comments he made and admitted he used such derogatory terms toward men he “suspected” were gay.
Jussie Smollett has been moved to a new jail cell: sheriff’s officeĬHICAGO - The two brothers at the center of Jussie Smollett’s criminal trial faced brutal cross-examinations on Thursday as they were painted as homophobic, drug-dealing opportunists who had a history of lying and intended to hurt the actor.Ībimbola Osundairo, 28, was grilled for two hours by Smollett’s attorney Shay Allen, who alleged that he and the “Empire” actor had previously dated and had masturbated together at a gay bathhouse and that the attack was fueled by a desire to be the actor’s security guard.
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