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   John Dillinger  wrote:   
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   >  NYTIMES.COM   
   > Investigator Cites Video and Other Evidence Against Jussie Smollett   
   > Julia Jacobs, Mark Guarino   
   >   
   > A detective told jurors at Mr. Smollett's trial how the actor had gone   
   > from victim to suspect as the investigation unfolded. But the actor's   
   > lawyer suggested the police work was not thorough.   
   >   
   > Nov. 30, 2021   
   >   
   > A detective who investigated the actor Jussie Smollett's hate crime   
   > report took the stand on Tuesday, taking jurors through the steps   
   > investigators took to conclude that Mr. Smollett had orchestrated the   
   > attack, including securing surveillance footage and ride-share data   
   > that helped identify the two brothers at the center of the case.   
   >   
   > The brothers, Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, have told police that   
   > Mr. Smollett orchestrated a fake assault in which the Osundairos beat   
   > him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs, poured bleach on him   
   > and put a rope around his neck. The Osundairos have emerged as the   
   > critical witnesses in a case that will largely rely on their   
   > credibility.   
   >   
   > The defense team attacked that credibility in its questioning of the   
   > detective, Michael Theis, suggesting that the police had not properly   
   > investigated accusations that one of the brothers had a history of   
   > making homophobic comments.   
   >   
   > On the second day of the trial in Chicago, which centers on charges   
   > that Mr. Smollett made a false report to police, the actor's defense   
   > team brought up instances in which Olabinjo Osundairo, the older   
   > brother, had asked someone on Twitter why they followed a singer who   
   > is "gay" and, in a text exchange, referred to someone as "fruity."   
   >   
   > "There were messages referring to an individual gay person," Mr. Theis   
   > said. "I don't know if they were homophobic. My understanding was he   
   > had a problem with one individual and he called him a bad name."   
   >   
   > The defense's questioning prompted a series of testy exchanges with   
   > Judge James Linn, who repeatedly reminded Mr. Smollett's lead lawyer,   
   > Nenye Uche, not to raise unsubstantiated claims.   
   >   
   > "You can't just throw things out there until you can prove them up,"   
   > Judge Linn said.   
   >   
   > The defense strategy has been clear from the outset: painting the   
   > Osundairo brothers as untrustworthy people who did not like the actor   
   > and had a motive for attacking him -- homophobia -- that was not   
   > properly explored by the police, whom they accuse of making a "rush to   
   > judgment" in the case. Mr. Uche's questioning also revolved around   
   > whether a third person, who the defense says is white, could have been   
   > involved in the attack and whether the police had adequately explored   
   > that angle.   
   >   
   > As the trial's first witness, Mr. Theis worked to counter the   
   > defense's assertion that the police had rushed to a conclusion,   
   > describing the long days he had worked while trying to solve a case   
   > that was the subject of national outrage.   
   >   
   > The two other witnesses who took the stand on Tuesday were Officer   
   > Muhammad Baig and Sgt. Joseph Considine, who went to Mr. Smollett's   
   > apartment on the night of the attack after the actor's aide had called   
   > the police. Officer Baig testified that when he had arrived at the   
   > apartment, Mr. Smollett still had the rope around his neck and told   
   > the officer that he had wanted to make sure the officers saw it before   
   > he removed it.   
   >   
   > The prosecution showed the jury video footage, recovered by the   
   > police, that he said showed Mr. Smollett driving with the brothers on   
   > Jan. 25, which was four days before the attack and was the day they   
   > say Mr. Smollett introduced the idea of the attack to them. Mr. Uche   
   > said on Monday that the footage of the vehicle was not proof that the   
   > three men were planning a hoax.   
   >   
   > Mr. Smollett's trial began on Monday with jury selection and opening   
   > arguments, during which the special prosecutor in the case, Dan K.   
   > Webb, laid out what he saw as Mr. Smollett's motive for staging the   
   > attack. Days earlier, Mr. Smollett had received a racist, homophobic   
   > and hate-filled letter and felt that his colleagues on the television   
   > show "Empire" did not take it seriously enough, Mr. Webb said, so he   
   > decided to plan a fake hate crime to get their attention.   
   >   
   > According to police reports, Mr. Theis and his colleagues homed in on   
      
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