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 victims 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 Smolletts 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 its 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 Smolletts 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.
I occasionally use bleach for projects in my workshop. I get it from the bottle under my wife’s laundry sink. I have to be VERY careful not to spill any of it any where. Any drips on clothes, carpet, rugs, or furniture will show up as white blobs that are permanent. Had ANY bleach at all been poured on Smollett, his clothes would show evidence of it. No white spots, no bleach.
I guess the janitor at the fancy Loews was on a long vacation starting right about that fateful night.
There seems to be a ‘pattern’.........................
Yes, that has been pointed out over the course of the ‘investigation.’
Bleach leaves a mark. Always.............
The police will be equally interested in whoever “redacted” the phone calls. That isn’t something everybody can do.
Hillary Clinton - Fake survivor of enemy gunfire
He would simply explain, he was ‘experimenting’ with going bi?
This whole thing is making the Chicago PD look bad, and they’re in a tough spot. There are actually thousands of gullible people out there who believe this guy’s story and are afraid they, too, will be accosted by two rabid Trump supporters, and they want this thing solved, pronto. Meanwhile, there are millions more who think the story is a complete sham and the cops are covering up. Rock and a hard place, for sure.
Chain of custody.
Yeah, right. We believe that. Hot sauce bottles with bleach "found by a reporter".
Let me add: Bruce Jenner — Fake Woman
Chasity Bono — Fake Man
That was my thought. Don’t see how it could be admissible.
Although if it had Jussie’s fingerprints it might.
Doesn’t anybody know how DIFFICULT IT IS TO PUT ANY TYPE OF LIQUID BACK INTO A HOT SAUCE BOTTLE?................................
Unless you have a FUNNEL WITH A VERY, VERY SMALL TUBE AND A WAY TO LET THE AIR OUT OF THE BOTTLE AS YOU POUR LIQUID INTO IT, IT’S VERY DAMN DIFFICULT...................
Good point. Would be a heck of a lot more useful for that, than for "dousing" someone with bleach. Hot sauce bottles aren't generally designed to let much out all at once, even with something like water or bleach.
Great!.......................
Add:
David Brooks - Fake Conservative
Joined 'the list'...
http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/
The bottle was not found during early evidence searches, but discovered later by a newspaper reporter.
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But of course.
NEW LIST:
Shawn King - Fake Black Man
Rachel Dolezal - Fake Black Woman
Elizabeth Warren - Fake Indian
Beto ORourke - Fake Latino/Hispanic
Richard Blumenthal - Fake Vietnam Veteran
Al Gore - Fake Science
Nathan Phillips - Fake Vietnam Vet
Hillary Clinton - Fake survivor of enemy gunfire
Bruce Jenner Fake Woman
Chasity Bono Fake Man
David Brooks - Fake Conservative
Jussie Smollett - Fake Homo?........................
The cops have hinted at a Grindr date gone bad.
Chances are it turned out to be a minor, and he thought Jussie was too old.
If the cops get the phone records, they’ll find out the age of Jussie’s hookup.
I think Jussie threw a fit and lashed out.
Not because he got stiffed, but because he didn’t.
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