Two brothers involved in Jussie Smollett's Chicago alleged hate-crime hoax sue the actor's lawyers accusing them of defamation
Brothers Abimbola"Abel" Osundairo and Olabinjo"Ola" Osundairo said in a joint statement that Smollett's legal team has spread false accusations that have hurt their reputations and undermined their career prospects.
Abimbola "Abel" Osundairo and Olabinjo "Ola" Osundairo said in a joint statement issued after their lawsuit was filed in federal court in Chicago that Smollett's legal team has spread false accusations that have hurt their reputations and undermined their career prospects. "Mr Smollett's attorneys, faced with an outraged public, did not retreat after their success . Instead, they doubled down," states the lawsuit, which names celebrity attorney Mark Geragos, fellow lawyer Tina Glandian and Geragos' Los Angeles-based law firm as defendants.
Smollett, who is black and gay, has stood by his account that he was attacked in downtown Chicago early on Jan. 29 by two masked men who beat him, shouted racial and anti-gay slurs, poured bleach on him, and looped a rope around his neck. He said his attackers also shouted slogans supporting President Donald Trump.
Prosecutors have said that Smollett's friendship with Abimbola Osundairo dated back several years and that Osundairo had served as a stand-in for a character named Kai on "Empire." Ola Osundairo also appeared as an extra on the show, prosecutors said.In their lawsuit, the Osundairos say the defamation by Smollett's lawyers has caused the brothers "significant emotional distress" and made them feel unsafe and alienated from the local community.
The lawsuit also states that Glandian "inferred" during an interview on the podcast Reasonable Doubt this month that Abimbola Osundairo "engaged, at least briefly, in homosexual acts" with Smollett. The filing says that's false, that Osundairo is heterosexual and to say otherwise could put him and his family in danger in Nigeria.
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