芝加哥的一个陪审团正在审议“帝国”演员
Jussie Smollett 的案件，她因涉嫌在 2019 年 1 月实施虚假仇恨犯罪并向警方报案而被控六项重罪，已结束其为日。
下午 5 点 15 分左右，经过近两个半小时的审议结束。 CT 周三，陪审团定于周四上午 9 点 15 分返回。
在结案陈词中，特别检察官丹·韦伯指控斯莫列特宣誓说谎。他列出了他所说的六项关键证据，证明该演员在节目中的两位熟人 Bola 和 Ola Osundairo 的协助下策划了假袭击。
“他希望 Osundairo 兄弟不会与警方合作，”韦伯说。 “他暴露了，现在我们正在接受审判。这就是发生的事情。”
辩护律师 Nenye Uche 称 Osundairo 兄弟是聪明的罪犯，只对追求名人的钱和自己的名声感兴趣。
“他们向法庭撒谎，也向陪审团撒谎，”乌切说。 “他们是罪犯。他们是最坏的罪犯。”
斯莫利特的刑事审判的结案陈词是在他表明立场并否认有任何不当行为后的第二天进行的。 39 岁的斯莫利特因涉嫌向警方作出虚假报告而对六项行为不检的指控表示不认罪。这项指控最高可判处三年监禁。
审判于上周开始，检察官告诉陪审团，黑人和同性恋者斯莫列特指示奥孙代罗兄弟在芝加哥斯莫列特公寓楼附近的一个寒冷夜晚进行虚假的反同性恋和种族主义攻击。上周，五名警方调查人员和兄弟二人为检方作证。
辩护律师召集了七名他们自己的证人作证，斯莫利特本人强调了这一点。他在周一和周二的大约 8 小时内作证说他没有计划任何这样的恶作剧，而且他实际上在出去买赛百味三明治后的一个深夜遭到袭击。
审判是近三年前开始的一起案件的高潮，当时斯莫利特告诉警方，两名男子袭击了他，称他为 n 字，在他的脖子上套上套索，在他身上倒了漂白剂，然后喊道：“这是 MAGA 国家。 ”
名人、政治家和倡导团体都支持这位演员，警方也投入了大量资源来解决此案。但在采访了 Osundairo 兄弟并找到其他证据后，当局反而认定斯莫列特付给他们 3,500 美元来策划仇恨犯罪，以便他可以得到宣传和职业发展。
2019 年 3 月，他最初被指控犯有 16 项扰乱秩序重罪，但几周后指控被撤销。在任命了一名特别检察官调查此案后，大陪审团于 2020 年 2 月以新的罪名起诉斯莫列特。
这一事件有效地结束了斯莫列特的演艺生涯。他的角色在 2020 年完结的《帝国》中被注销，尽管此后他导演并制作了一部电影，但他再也没有出现在银幕上。
检方称斯莫列特在看台上撒谎
在大约两个小时内，韦伯强调了六个具体问题，他说这些问题证明了斯莫列特有罪，并将他的证词与他们所说的真实情况进行了对比。
“斯莫列特先生制定了一项实施虚假仇恨犯罪的计划，”他说。 “然后他向芝加哥警察局错误地报告了虚假的仇恨犯罪，作为真正的仇恨犯罪。”
第一个问题是他决定不向警方提供手机、医疗和 DNA 证据。
“斯莫利特先生不想让犯罪得到解决，”韦伯告诉陪审员。 “他希望媒体曝光，但他不想兄弟们被捕。”
他说斯莫列特隐瞒了他的病历，因为他“不想让警察知道他没有受那么多伤”。
韦伯关注的第二个关键证据是指责斯莫列特就袭击者的种族向警方作出虚假陈述。
Osundairo 兄弟是黑人，而 Smollett 最初表示肇事者是白人。斯莫列特在证词中说，他从不肯定肇事者是白人，但“假设”了，而且他“确定”他从一开始就说是白人。
“他不仅告诉你[陪审员]他认为他们是白人，他还告诉了警方，”韦伯说。 “他希望警察寻找白人。”
韦伯关注的第三件事情是斯莫列特篡改了一根绳子，绳子被塑造成一个套索，据称袭击者系在他的脖子上。他说斯莫列特用绳子“四处乱窜”——这句话引起了斯莫列特家族的呻吟，几乎所有人都摇头。
Jury wraps up first day of deliberations in Jussie Smollett's trial for alleged hoax hate crime
Chicago (CNN)A jury in Chicago deliberating the case of Jussie Smollett, the "Empire" actor who was charged with six felony counts for allegedly staging a fake hate crime in January 2019 and falsely reporting it to police, had ended its work for the day.
Deliberations concluded after nearly two and a half hours around 5:15 p.m. CT Wednesday and the jury is scheduled to return Thursday at 9:15 a.m.
In closing arguments, special prosecutor Dan Webb accused Smollett of lying under oath. He laid out six key pieces of evidence he said proved the actor planned the fake attack with the assistance of Bola and Ola Osundairo, two acquaintances from the show.
"He was hoping the Osundairo brothers would not cooperate with the police," Webb said. "He got exposed, and now we're in a trial. That's what happened."
Defense attorney Nenye Uche called the Osundairo brothers intelligent criminals, interested only in going after a famous celebrity's money and their own fame.
"They lied to this court, they lied to this jury," Uche said. "They're criminals. They're the worst type of criminals."
The closing arguments in Smollett's criminal trial came a day after he took the stand and denied any wrongdoing. Smollett, 39, has pleaded not guilty to six counts of disorderly conduct on suspicion of making false reports to police. The charge is punishable by up to three years in prison.
The trial started last week as prosecutors told the jury that Smollett, who is Black and gay, directed the Osundairo brothers to carry out a fake anti-gay and racist attack on a frigid night in Chicago near Smollett's apartment building. Five police investigators and both brothers testified for the prosecution last week.
Defense attorneys called seven witnesses of their own to testify, highlighted by Smollett himself. He testified over about eight hours Monday and Tuesday he had not planned any such hoax, and that he was actually attacked late one night after going out to get a Subway sandwich.
The trial is the culmination of a case that began nearly three years ago when Smollett told police two men attacked him, called him the n-word, put a noose around his neck, poured bleach on him and exclaimed, "This is MAGA country."
Celebrities, politicians and advocacy groups rallied behind the actor, and police poured significant resources into solving the case. But after interviewing the Osundairo brothers and finding other evidence, authorities instead determined that Smollett paid them $3,500 to stage the hate crime so he could get publicity and a career boost.
He was initially indicted on 16 counts of felony disorderly conduct in March 2019, but the charges were dropped weeks later. After a special prosecutor was appointed to look into the case, a grand jury indicted Smollett on new charges in February 2020.
The incident effectively ended Smollett's acting career. His character was written off "Empire," which ended in 2020, and though he has since directed and produced a film, he has not appeared on screen again.
Prosecution says Smollett lied on the stand
Over about two hours, Webb highlighted six specific issues that he said proved Smollett's guilt and contrasted his testimony with what they say really happened.
"Mr. Smollett developed a plan to carry out a fake hate crime," he said. "He then falsely reported the fake hate crime to the Chicago Police Department as a real hate crime."
The first issue was his decision to withhold cell phone, medical and DNA evidence from police.
"Mr. Smollett didn't want the crime solved," Webb told jurors. "He wanted the media exposure but he didn't want the brothers apprehended."
He said Smollett withheld his medical records because he "did not want the police to know he wasn't injured that much."
The second key piece of evidence Webb focused on was accusing Smollett of making false statements to the police on the race of the attackers.
The Osundairo brothers are Black, while Smollett initially indicated the perpetrators were White. Smollett said during testimony that he was never sure the perpetrators were White but "assumed" and that he was "certain" he was saying pale-skinned from the beginning.
"He not only told you [jurors] he assumed they were White, he told the police that," said Webb. "He wants police to be looking for someone White."
The third piece Webb focused on was Smollett tampering with a rope, which had been fashioned into a noose, that the attackers allegedly put around his neck. He said Smollett "monkeyed around" with the rope -- a phrase that led to groans from the Smollett family, as nearly all of them shook their heads.
