Posted on 02/12/2019 7:01:27 AM PST by Red Badger
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police are analyzing several new pieces of evidence in the alleged attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett; including cell phone records, and a half-empty bottle that smells like bleach.
Police have said the 36-year-old actor was walking home from a Subway restaurant in Streeterville around 2 a.m. on Jan. 29, when two men attacked him near his apartment.
Smollett told police his attackers yelled racist and homophobic slurs, put a noose around his neck, and doused him with a chemical sources said appears to have been bleach. Police said Smollett — an openly gay African American actor and singer — told investigators he was on the phone with his manager during the attack, but Smollett and his manager both have refused to turn over their phones.
Tuesday morning, police confirmed Smollett now has turned over “limited and heavily redacted” phone records to detectives. Police might reach out to Smollett for more information.
“We are very appreciative of the victim’s cooperation. However, the records provided do not meet the burden for a criminal investigation, as they were limited and heavily redacted. Detectives may be following up with the victim to request additional data to corroborate the investigative timeline,” Chicago police stated in an email.
Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Smollett turned over a PDF file containing a redacted record of phone calls, but he said the redactions were “extreme.”
The records include the hour before the alleged attack.
Meantime, police also are investigating a half-empty hot sauce bottle with a clear liquid in it, which recently was found near the scene of the alleged attack. Sources said the bottle smelled like bleach, which might corroborate Smollett’s claim his attackers poured a liquid chemical on him.
The bottle was not found during early evidence searches, but discovered later by a newspaper reporter.
It is unclear if it’s related to the attack. Police turned it over to an FBI technical assistance team.
Thus far, police have said they have no reason to doubt Smollett’s allegations, and are not investigating him.
Police have said there is no video of the attack, but they do have video from the building where Smollett lives, which shows him entering his apartment with what appears to be a noose around his neck.
Two days after the alleged attack, police said video from other cameras in the area showed “potential persons of interest” wanted for questioning. So far, police have been unable to identify them.
Detectives also are trying to determine the origin of the rope used in the alleged attack. Investigators are trying to determine where it came from, or where it might have been purchased.
The hits just keep on coming....................
When it is obvious that he is going to be exposed, Obama, Holder and Emanuel will lean on the Chicago cops to quietly drop the issue. The media will do the same.
If it’s to be a farce, I’d like a band to play...
Redacted evidence? Who does she think she is, Hillary Clinton?
The bottle was not found during early evidence searches, but discovered later by a newspaper reporter.
Okaaaaay.
Wouldn’t someone use bleach to clean an object that had been used during sex?
Just like they did with the whole Shia LaBeouf thing. You may not remember his name, but he was one of the first celebrity ultra-anti-Trump protestors, and was all over the news for a few weeks until it became obvious he was a total flake and weirdo.
“Meantime, police also are investigating a half-empty hot sauce bottle with a clear liquid in it, which recently was found near the scene of the alleged attack...The bottle was not found during early evidence searches, but discovered later by a newspaper reporter.
Does anyone else find this odd? Either the police weren’t particularly competent in their search for evidence or the bottle was planted after the fact.
“The bottle was not found during early evidence searches, but discovered later by a newspaper reporter. “
Yep, I believe it. A reporter “found” something that trained investigators missed? And, how many days later?
Yep, I believe it.
Officer #1, I just don’t know how we could have missed it.
Officer # 2, well we just planted it today, give it a rest will ya.
Another theory here: maybe Smollett is not really a homosexual, and he was in some heterosexual thing (like with a woman). Now hold on here - so if the word gets out that he is NOT a homosexual, his career would be over.
After all, even if a young black man is good at his acting job ..... well, it sort of makes as much (or more) sense as some of the other theories.
All we will get is when the call was made and when it ended.
It will help with the timeline but it won't prove or disprove the attack happened.
The only hope the CPD have now is the longer this investigation goes on the more likely it is for Jussie to trip up.
I’m wondering if Jussie’s fingerprints are on that bottle?................
The bottle was not found during early evidence searches, but discovered later by a newspaper reporter.
https://nypost.com/2019/02/11/jussie-smolletts-neighbors-cast-doubt-on-his-attack-story/
Last week, The Post traced Smollett’s likely route to the underpass from a 24-hour Subway sandwich shop where he bought a tuna sandwich and a salad.
Near the foot of a stairwell to the Loews, The Post found an empty hot sauce bottle that was partially filled with a clear liquid that smelled like bleach.
The Post alerted police, who seized the bottle. Guglielmi said it was turned over to the FBI for analysis.
The FBI declined to comment.
The New York Post does not identify the reporter.
This Justin sounds like a real Mensa candidate....not.
No way that would happen. Bleach would kill a gerbil.
Shawn King - Fake Black Man
Rachel Dolezal - Fake Black Woman
Elizabeth Warren - Fake Indian
Beto O’Rourke - Fake Latino/Hispanic
Richard Blumenthal - Fake Vietnam Veteran
Al Gore - Fake Science
Jussie Smollett - Fake Homo?........................
Or to clean a needle? It might be a routine item for that part of town .
Yet we can find no proof-of-life pictures of Ruth Bader Corpseburg...
Good list!
Here we go again.
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