Jussie Smollett is reminding the world that he told his truth about an alleged 2019 hate crime in Chicago. Speaking with Variety, Smollett threw the blame toward his attackers and Chicago officials.
“The villains are the two people who assaulted me, the Chicago Police Department and, if I may be so brave, the mayor,” Smollett said. The mayor at the time was Rahm Emanuel, a hopeful Democratic president. Smollett was charged with orchestrating a hoax.
The interview came ahead of the Netflix documentary, The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, and he insists he was framed and his situation was used to detract from the murder of LaQuan McDonald.
“Could it be that they had just found out about the missing minutes and the missing tape from the murder of Laquan McDonald? Could it be that the mayor helped hide that?” Smollett asked. “We’re living in a world where the higher-ups, their main mission, in order to do all of the underhanded things that they’re doing, is to distract us with the shiny object.”