Thread by @CharlieDeMar

Good morning from day 6 of Jussie Smollett's trial. He will start the day back on the witness stand for more cross-examination.

Smollett is in court looking out the window in the court room towards Skyline of Chicago as his attorneys are meeting behind closed doors. @cbschicago

Jury has entered. Court is in session.

Special pros. Dan Webb picks up where he left off. video of Smollett picking up brothers at their home in Lakeview and then driving near scene of attack.

Brothers testify the trip was a dry-run of the attack.

Smollett says he picked brothers up to drive around and smoke weed

Webb asks if Smollett recruited Ola for the attack:

Smollett: "As I have said for the past three years I deny that. That never happened."

"To answer all your questions about the hoax I am going to deny. There was no hoax."

Smollett drove from Lakeview to Streeterville with Brothers. Smollett says plan was to workout.

Special prosecutor: Were you so stoned that you didn't get out of your car to workout?

Smollett denies that he was too high but says he didn't want to work out with Ola.

Smollett has testified that he did not like being around Ola. Smollett was friends and testified to having sexual relationship with Abel.

Smollett admits he drove past staircase where reported attack occurred 3-4 times (it's on video)

Smollett said that was not unusual for him to drive around and smoke weed.

Special prosecutor presses Smollett and refers to the staircase where Smollett said the attack happened.

Smollett sounds impatient and chimes in.

“The intersection where the attack *did occur”

Webb now asking Smollett about the calls he made to Abel the night of the reported attack.

Smollett says the two were supposed to train that night and they talked because Smollett's flight was late

Webb asks if the calls were to coordinate fake attack.

Smollett denies

Now, Smollett and Webb are arguing about Instagram.

"With all due respect Mr. Webb, you do not understand Instagram."-Smollett

Smollett messaged Abel Osundairo on Instagram upon landing in Chicago.

Webb walking through private Instagram messages Smollett sent to Abel the night of reported attack. Smollett provides at least 4-updates on his flight status (which was delayed)

Webb starts to read one of the Instagram messages and it contains racial slur.

Smollett stops Webb and asks him to say "N-word" and not say full word out of respect for all African-Americans in the court room.

Webb apologizes and has Smollett read the message.

Webb refers to Osundairo's testimony. Attack was to occur at 2.am at the base of the stairs..-- You deny that you told brothers to be there at 2.am?

“That’s a bold face lie.”-Smollett

Another message with the N-word. Webb says to Smollett "Why don't you read it? I don't want to mispronounce anything."

The Instagram message was about two hours before reported attack

Smollett says he went out for eggs at Walgreens at 2.am in his neighborhood.

Webb says in the 2 years living in that apartment has Walgreens ever been 24/7?

Smollett said he was under the impression all drug stores were 24/7.

Webb: Wouldn't you know that your neighborhood Walgreens wasn't 24/7?

Smollett says Abel wanted him to buy eggs for his workout plan

Webb asked Smollett why didn't you just stop for eggs in a car on your way home from the airport.

Smollett said his tires was sliding and he just wanted to get home and plan was to go to the Walgreens by his apartment

Webb asks more questions about messages exchanged with brothers

"There's no messages about an attack. Yet, I’m on trial for an attack I didn’t do."

Judge tells Smollett to just answer the questions.

Webb: Are you testifying to the jury now that the two people who attacked you were the Osundairo Brothers

"No , I don’t know that".."there’s no way for me to know that Mr. Webb."-Smollett

Webb said aren't you familiar with the voice and body build of Abel..Smollett said he's familiar but wasn't thinking in the moment to be like "Hey,....it that you"

Smollett now shown community alert of "Persons of interest."

Osundairo testified that it was them in the grainy surveillance image.

Webb: Do you doubt them when they say it was them walking?

Smollett: I doubt every word they say.

Now, Webb getting into the GMA interview.
Surv picture of community alert was shown to Smollett in interview.

Webb: Did you tell Robin Roberts you were certain those were your attacks?

Smollett: "I said I didn't have any doubt."

Webb: And the brothers testified it was them?

Smollett: yeah

Smollett says he assumed his attackers were white because of pale skin around eyeholes of the skimask and because of the racial slurs used. @cbschicago

@cbschicago Webb: At some point you changed your testimony from white to pale? (in reference to skin color of his attackers)
Smollett: Correct?

@cbschicago Webb: Did you think if your attackers were white your fake hate attack would be more credible?

Smollett: "You would have to ask someone who actually planned a fake hate crime."

Smollett was on phone with music manager Brandon Moore during reported attack.

Webb: Did you want someone else to hear the words being Spoken?

Smollett: No, Mr Webb

Webb now Shows Smollett a still image of how the actor looked during GMA interview. Webb arguing that the cuts/injuries were not noticeable two weeks after attack.

Smollett said he was in make-up/good lighting and that he still has scarring and bruising from attack.

Smollett testified that he took the rope off his neck and then put it back on before police arrived.

Webb:
Did you tell her [Robin Roberts] in that interview that you kept rope on and your clothes on the entire time?

Smollett: I did.

short break..It appears Prosecutors are wrapping up.

Appears to be an attempt from Webb to prove that the attack would not impact Smollett's on-camera appearance.

Special prosecutor Dan Webb is done with his cross.

Smollett defense back for re-direct.

Smollett explaining the in's and out's of Instagram stories for the jury...again.....

Defense attorney Nenye Uche makes the point that other people on Instagram were privately messaging with Smollett--not just the brothers the night of the attack and CPD did not show Smollett/the jury the subpoena of conversations from anyone else but brothers.

Uche trying to show that Smollett was not giving the brothers updates on his whereabouts the night of the attack.

Uche brings up testimony from Northwestern Doctor confirming that Smollett's injuries were real and tests were ordered for his injuries.

We are back at the community alert of image. Brothers say it was them.

Uche: Could you tell who those two individuals were?

Smollett: no

Smollett testifies that Osundairo brothers asked for $2 Million to "go away."

Smollett tells jury brothers were willing to say they had no part in hoax for the money.

Smollett says no money was ever paid.

Uche is done.

Re-cross

Smollett says brothers never contacted him directly about $2 million.

The comment was made from an Osundairo representative to a representative of Smollett's.

Judge questions how much (if any) weight the jury should give that testimony.

Smollett is off the stand.

Next witness is Uber driver who picked up Osundairo brothers the night of the reported attack

While in the Uber, The brothers spotted a cab and they asked driver to stop. Brothers got of Uber and into Uber

Defense has tried proving throughout trial that the brothers had phones on them despite Smollett instructing them not to.
Driver has said he heard conversation from one of the brothers while he was briefly alone in Uber--but driver says he never saw the phone.

***got out of uber and into cab

NOW: Defense rests

Jury is done for the day.

Closing arguments will be Wednesday and the jury will get the case following closing arguments.