Upon leaving Subway, Smollett said he heard someone say 'f-t Empire n-r.' He turned around, furious at what he'd heard. However, the local Walgreens was closed, so he decided to go to a nearby Subway instead. He claimed he rolled a blunt but did not smoke it, then put on a sweater and jacket and set out for Walgreens, he testifies. The actor had just come home from an audition in New York City. Smollett said that Abimbola called him the night of the attack to talk about Smollett's training and meal plan He told Jussie he had to eat 4 eggs, so Smollett told Abimbola about going to Walgreens to get eggs. The actor spoke of the night of the attack, saying that he had planned to go to Wallgreens to purchase four eggs on the advise of Abimbola, who had become Smollett's paid nutritionist, he alleged. 'We made out a little bit and this time we masturbated together.'
'We went alone, we got a private room again,' Smollett said. He said he didn't get along with his father (pictured center) growing up but they made peace before he died in 2015 Smollett showed a photo of his family growing up and spoke about his family background earlier on direct examination. He then said that he and Abimbola had been to the same bathhouse together a second time, after leaving a strip club with Abimbola's brother, Olabinjio. Smollett contradicted those claims, saying he and Abimbola got a private room and 'there was some touching.' The actor also said there was gay pornography on the bathhouse walls. Osundairo admitted that he had gone to the bathhouse with Smollett when he was cross-examined last week on the stand by the defense lawyers - but testified that there was no relationship between the two and was unaware if the bathhouses they'd gone to were frequented by gay people. The actor's attorneys have claimed that it was a 'real' attack and that Osundairo and his brother, Olabingo, made up the story about a hoax then asked Smollett for $1 million each to not testify against him at trial. Smollett did testify on direct that he and Abimbola Osundairo had been to gay bathhouses together where they had done drugs and 'masturbated together' in a private room. He was then questioned for the remainder of the day by special prosecutor Dan Webb on cross-examination.
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He admitted to hooking up at a gay bathhouse with one of the two brothers involved in attacking him but said 'there was no hoax' - as the fired Empire actor testified Monday in his trial for lying to police about being the victim of a hate crime. The actor took the stand for three and a half hours of direct examination from attorney Nenye Uche's team at Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago Monday. Jussie Smollett said that he put the noose that had been placed on his neck back on before calling police because his manager told him 'you can't be f-g with evidence' on cross-examination at his trial in Chicago Monday. Lepore For Dailymail.Com and Associated Press Smollett contradicted those claims, saying he and Abimbola got a private room and 'there was some touching.' The actor also said there was gay pornography on the bathhouse wallsīy Stephen M.Osundairo admitted that he had gone to the bathhouse with Smollett when he was cross-examined last week on the stand by the defense lawyers - but testified that there was no relationship.Smollett's attorneys have claimed that it was a 'real' attack and that Osundairo and his brother, Olabingo, made up the story about a hoax then asked Smollett for $1 million each to not testify against him at trial.Smollett testified that he and Abimbola Osundairo had been to gay bathhouses together where they had done drugs and 'masturbated together' in a private room.Some legal experts say the only chance Smollett has of beating charges that he lied to the police is by telling jurors his version of what happened.
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