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Dramatic start to cross-examination of one of two brothers to accuse Jussie Smollett of orchestrating phony hate crime

CHICAGO — Cross-examination of a star prosecution witness in the Jussie Smollett case got off to a dramatic start Thursday, with attorneys for the “Empire” actor insinuating that Abimbola Osundairo was secretly dating Smollett — or at least used the “sexual tension” between him and the actor to advance his own career.

From the stand, Osundairo strongly denied that their relationship was romantic, and said he did not believe Smollett had any kind of

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