On Friday the Chicago grand jury returned a 16 felony count indictment against actor Jussie Smollett after he was accused of staging an elaborate hate crime [click here if you missed that].
Jussie denies the allegations...
Jussie's lawyer Mark Geragos tells The Wrap,
“The fact of an indictment was not unexpected. We knew that there is no way they would expose their evidence to a public airing and subject their witnesses to cross-examination. What is unexpected, however, is the prosecutorial overkill in charging 16 separate counts against Jussie."
“This redundant and vindictive indictment is nothing more than a desperate attempt to make headlines in order to distract from the internal investigation launched to investigate the outrageous leaking of false information by the Chicago Police Department and the shameless and illegal invasion of Jussie’s privacy in tampering with his medical records."
“Jussie adamantly maintains his innocence even if law enforcement has robbed him of that presumption.”
