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Jussie Smollett Team Demands Immediate Release Cite Threats, Health, COVID
TMZ ^
| 03 14 2022
| Staff
Posted on 03/15/2022 11:37:04 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Jussie Smollett's lawyers have wasted no time demanding his release from jail -- at least while his appeal plays out --- claiming he risks being harmed (physically and microbially) every second he stays behind bars.
The 'Empire' actor's legal team filed an emergency motion Monday asking a judge to spring Jussie from behind bars while his appeal is pending -- arguing that the potential cons of him staying locked up in Cook County far outweigh any benefits.
The crux of their case here is that Jussie's family has been on the receiving end of what they say is a barrage of harassing messages and phone calls aimed at Jussie ... which they say is emblematic of the harm that might actually befall him if he remains locked up.
To hammer this home ... Jussie's team offers up a video taken by the Smollett family which they say shows a stranger calling them with disgusting sentiments about what should happen to their brother as he serves his 5-month sentence.
They claim the clip -- which is laced with racist and homophobic slurs -- is just one example of what they say has been a deluge of hate sent their way -- and they fear that'll translate into real-world violence against their brother on the inside.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; empire; hatecrimehoax; jussiesmollett; notthisagain; smollett
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They claim the clip -- which is laced with racist and homophobic slurs -- is just one example of what they say has been a deluge of hate sent their way -- and they fear that'll translate into real-world violence against their brother on the inside. Is the family using hoax calls to get Jussie out of jail?
Don't be surprised if you cry wolf and no one believes you.
To: yesthatjallen
Ain’t gonna happen. The little Mary deserves what he got!
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:38:28 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: yesthatjallen
His Black Privilege card expired.
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:40:21 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Government is to be feared much more than the chicom virus.)
To: yesthatjallen
Juicy brought every single bit of this upon himself. Own it.
To: yesthatjallen
The entire family is mentally ill.................
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:41:20 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: yesthatjallen
..family has been on the receiving end of what they say is a barrage of harassing messages and phone calls aimed at Jussie. 
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:41:27 AM PDT
by
tomkat
( SOTU = FUBAR )
To: yesthatjallen
For his own protection, they should extend the sentence.
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:42:22 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: DarthVader
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:44:20 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: yesthatjallen
Do the crime, do the time,..
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:51:43 AM PDT
by
databoss
To: yesthatjallen
Does the voice sound a little like Jussie ?
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:51:44 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: yesthatjallen
“Jussie’s team offers up a video taken by the Smollett family which they say shows a stranger calling them.....”
OMG THEY FAKED IT..... just like Jessie’s mullet.....they need to be in jail.
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:52:37 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
To: Magnum44
I agree but watching him belly ache over this is priceless.
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:53:28 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: V_TWIN
Jussie is “Doing the time of his life”.
He’s got a nice private room all the Coke and rent boys he wants.
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:53:29 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: yesthatjallen
Two words.
Solitary confinement.
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:54:00 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
To: yesthatjallen
I bet there are a lot of MAGA-hat wearing, homophobic, White supremacists in the Cook County jail....
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:54:25 AM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
To: yesthatjallen
“They claim the clip — which is laced with racist and homophobic slurs — is just one example of what they say has been a deluge of hate sent their way — and they fear that’ll translate into real-world violence against their brother on the inside.”
And two brothers from Zimbabwe swore that it was real.
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:54:26 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
("Per DNC instructions...Joy Reid is busy packing marbles up her @$$.")
To: VanShuyten
I bet there are a lot of MAGA-hat wearing, homophobic, White supremacists in the Cook County jail.... "Are you that faggot from Empire?"
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:54:56 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: yesthatjallen
Jussie's team offers up a video taken by the Smollett family which they say shows a stranger calling them with disgusting sentiments about what should happen to their brother as he serves his 5-month sentence. Did the "stranger" have a Nigerian accent?
To: yesthatjallen
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:57:01 AM PDT
by
Bobibutu
To: yesthatjallen
just stick him in solitary for the remaining 180 days or whatever.
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posted on
03/15/2022 11:59:35 AM PDT
by
NicoDon
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