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The disturbing call allegedly received by Smollett’s sibling appears to invoke the 1997 police assault on Abner Louima by a disgraced NYPD officer in Brooklyn
Disgraced Empire actor previously found guilty of five charges of lying to police in connection to January 2019 incident
The prosecution accused the former Empire star of making false statements on the stand, while the defense cast doubts and aspersions on two brothers who claim Smollett hired them to carry out the attack
The former Empire actor, who has been accused of filing a false police report, testified in court today that he and one of the men he said attacked him had “made out” on multiple occasions
A Chicago detective walked jurors through the investigation into the ex-Empire star during the first full day of testimony
