US EditionJussie Smollett Revisits Attack Allegations in New Netflix Documentary
The documentary features interviews with key figures and revisits Smollett's legal battle, highlighting his conviction overturned after a nonprosecution agreement, and ongoing denial of staging the attack.
- On August 22, Netflix begins streaming The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, where the actor recounts feeling overwhelmed by the public's reaction and describes feeling like he had died.
- Prosecutors alleged that Smollett staged the January 29, 2019 attack in Chicago, Illinois, paying $3,500 to brothers Abimbola 'Bola' Osundairo and Olabinjo 'Ola' Osundairo and directing slurs and 'MAGA country' chants.
- A jury convicted Smollett in 2021 of five counts of disorderly conduct; he received a 150-day jail sentence, paid $130,000 restitution, and the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 2024 due to a non-prosecution agreement with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.
- Smollett continues to insist he was the victim of a hate crime, countersuing Chicago officials after a civil settlement, while promoting his R&B album and reality show appearance recently.
- Bola Osundairo tells viewers he believes Smollett wanted to be "the poster boy of activism for Black people, for gay people, for marginalized people," while the Osundairo brothers say they were paid and testified against him.
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Jussie Smollett’s new documentary, The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, drops this Friday, and the actor reveals how he felt when he first began receiving backlash after being accused of masterminding the infamous 2019 alleged hate crime hoax. “I felt like I had died, and I was alive to see — and what people were saying was so kind, but it was too much for me,” he says in the upcoming documentary. “It made me very uncomfortable. It made me extremel…
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