Settlement and a plea to lessor charges? Because if not, thereâs going to be a political shit-storm for Kim Foxx here in Chicago.
âŚbecause he didnât lie to the police ? HmmmâŚ?
I just read on another site theyâre calling it âdeferred prosecutionâ, whatever that is.
I wonder if this has anything to do with Smollettâs lawyer, Mark Geragos. Geragos has been charged as a co-conspirator in relation to the Avenatti case.
Honestly, I really donât follow these kind of things. Too TMZ for meâŚyet here I am for some stupid reason.
Wow. Wasnât expecting that at all.
So the brothers werenât paid to lie?
Okay, first the Bill Barr âopinionâ is released and now this? This week is truly beginning to feel like a walk through Bizarro World.
There wasnât an underlying crime?
Wait ⌠what? Did he or didnât he file a false report with local police? Why the big announcements a few weeks back, telling the world dudeâs been caught with his pants definitely down by his ankles (so to speak)?
Wait a minute! I thought that an indictment meant you were guilty. Or does that only apply to Russians?
Iâve wondered all along what evidence there was against him. Surely there was something other than the attackersâ word that he arranged it all â wasnât there?
Underlying? Lying to the police IS A CRIME. Critical police resources WERE WASTED.
Certainly an interesting turn of events.
What the fuck? WHY? No mention of WHY, so great reporting.
Because itâs breaking news, just happening, theyâre apparently at the courthouse and people are waiting on statementsâŚ
If itâs deferred prosecution, itâs like what Kraft is being offered in Florida. Defendant admits that if case had proceeded govât would have been able to prove guilt, and, in exchange, govât drops the charges and defendant has some period of âgood behaviorâ required for the charges to never return.
His attorneys are playing this as if the hate crimes really did occur:
âHe was a victim who was vilified and made to appear as a perpetrator as a result of false and inappropriate remarks made to the public, causing an inappropriate rush to judgment,â a statement released by his attorneys Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes reads.
But thatâs not what the prosecutors are saying:
âAfter reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case, including Mr. Smollettâs volunteer service in the community and agreement to forfeit his bond to the City of Chicago, we believe this outcome is a just disposition and appropriate resolution to this case,â the stateâs attorneyâs office said.
Sounds like they figured that ruining his own career was punishment enough.
And the agreement to forfeit the bond-- wasnât that like $100K?
WaitâI thought only overlying lies to the police are crimes? Thatâs what the AG just said. Something must underlie the lie in order for the lie to be a lie lie.
I guess since there were no charges, he was completely exonerated. Thatâs how it works these days, right?