The former «Empire» star on Tuesday repeatedly denied he staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself for publicity.
Jussie Smollett on Tuesday repeatedly denied he staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself for publicity, telling a prosecutor as the trial neared its end that «there was no hoax on my part» and that two brothers who testified against him are «liars».
Lawyers for the former Empire actor rested their case shortly after Smollett finished a second day of testimony at the Chicago courthouse on charges he lied to police about the January 2019 attack. Prosecutors said they had no other witnesses to call, and Judge James Linn scheduled closing arguments for Wednesday, billboard.com reports.
