Jussie Smollett will finally face a judge and jury in the trial for his hate crime hoax, years after a prosecutor with connections to George Soros dropped charges against the disgraced Hollywood star.
Smollett has been charged with six felony counts related to filing a false police report in 2019 claiming that Trump supporters physically assaulted him — including putting a noose around his neck and pouring bleach on him — in what he described as a racist and homophobic attack.
The former Empire star even claimed his assailants said, “This is MAGA country” as they proceeded to assault him. But the entire event was eventually revealed to be a hoax that the actor allegedly staged as a way to boost his Hollywood career.
Two Nigerian bodybuilding brothers have alleged Smollett paid them $3,500 to pose as his attackers. Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo are expected to take the witness stand during the trial.