Second brother who alleges he helped Smollett stage a phony hate crime against himself takes witness stand at actor’s trial
CHICAGO — The second of the two brothers who accuse Jussie Smollett of staging a fake hate crime against himself with their help took the witness stand Thursday, describing how he says the actor recruited him for the phony attack.
Olabinjo Osundairo, a former stand-in on Smollett’s show, “Empire,” said he was out getting mail at his apartment when his brother Abimbola and Smollett pulled up in Smollett’s Mercedes on the afternoon of Jan. 25, 2019.
The actor pulled him aside and asked, “Can I trust you?”
Of course you can, Olabinjo said he responded.
Olabinjo’s testimony
