Looks like its not yet victory for openly gay Empire star Jussie Smollett as a new legal storm is being prepared for him over the messy scandal he has since been embroiled following his alleged homophobic attack.
The two brothers who say “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett paid them to stage his Jan29 assault announced Tuesday that they filed a federal defamation lawsuit against his legal team, including celebrity attorney Mark Geragos.
Lawyers for Abimbola “Abel” and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo are expected to hold a press conference in Chicago to announce they are suing Geragos and one of his partners, Tina Glandian. That’s according to Lissa Druss, a spokeswoman for the brothers’ legal team, which is led by Gloria Schmidt, the Chicago attorney who represented them when they were declared suspects and arrested by Chicago police in February. a
All criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, after the “Empire” star was indicted on 16 felony counts of filing a false police report earlier last month.
“After reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case, including Mr. Smollett’s volunteer service in the community and agreement to forfeit his bond to the City of Chicago, we believe this outcome is a just disposition and appropriate resolution to this case,” the office said in a statement to the public.
Do you think Jussie should be threatened by the attacker’s come back?