MORE: In court today prosecutors said the "evidence is overwhelming" against R. Kelly, telling the judge there are allegedly 12 victims involved in the charges.
May 30, 2019 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
BREAKING: Chicago police release hundreds of pages of documents regarding the Jussie Smollett investigation. We are reviewing them now.
Here’s a supplemental police report that states how Smollett described one of the alleged offenders.
Apr 11, 2019 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: The city of Chicago has filed a civil complaint against Jussie Smollett in Cook County Circuit Court.
MORE: City law department spokesman says: "This follows his (Smollett) refusal to reimburse the City of Chicago for the cost of police overtime spent investigating his false police report on January 29, 2019."
Feb 22, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Some details on R Kelly charges (info from SA news release): @SAKimFoxx announced indictments charging Robert Kelly with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving four victims.
The first victim H.W. was involved in incidents which occurred between May 26, 1998 and May 25, 1999. Grand jury returned an indictment of four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse based on victim being under 17 and Kelly being more than 5 years older than the victim.
Feb 21, 2019 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Prosecutors say Jussie Smollett detailed his plans for the staged attack with two brothers from Chicago. Prosecutors say he gave them $100 cash to buy supplies including gasoline to pour on him.
Prosecutors say Smollett provided a "back dated" check for $3500 to the brothers.
Jan 29, 2019 • 118 tweets • 22 min read
NEW: @ABC reports Jussie Smollett told police his attackers concealed their faces and he did not identify the attackers by race. 1/2
Additionally, in their initial report, Jussie Smollett did not tell police his attackers yelled “MAGA.” Chicago Police PIO added: “I’m not saying it’s not true. He could have remembered later, but he did not tell officers that in the initial report.” 2/2
