Chicago State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office completely botched the Jussie Smollett case, a judge ruled Friday as he appointed a special prosecutor who could bring new criminal charges against the actor. In a scathing ruling, Judge Michael Toomin wrote Smollett’s case was rife with “unprecedented irregularities” that warrant the appointment of independent counsel […]
Obama Center Gets Green Light from Federal Judge…
A federal judge this week cleared the way for former President Barack Obama to begin building his presidential center on Chicago’s South Side, overruling the objections of community groups who said they were being steamrolled. Environmentalists and park supporters had sued to block the $500 million project, arguing it was a misuse of valuable land […]
Chicago Police Department Releases Jussie Smollett 911 Call…
Recordings of Jussie Smollett’s 911 calls to the Chicago Police Department in which he claims to be the victim of a racially motivated attack were released to the public Wednesday. Smollett reportedly didn’t want to make the call himself, so he had a friend call the police for him, CBS Chicago reported. The caller claimed […]
Jussie Smollett Driving His Mercedes to do a ‘Run Through’ of Staged Hoax Attack…
Chicago PD: Prosecutor Predicted Smollett Case Resolution Weeks Before It Happened in an ‘Emergency’ Court Session…
The Chicago Police Department on Thursday released the “electronic record” of its investigation into actor Jussie Smollett’s hate crime allegation that determined the TV star faked a late January attack by racist, homophobic, Donald Trump-supporting men with the help of two black bodybuilders from Lakeview who worked as extras on Fox’s Empire program. Perhaps the […]
Chicago Police Release Hundreds of Pages of Documents Related to Jussie Smollett Case…
The Chicago Police Department released more than 400 pages of documents related to the investigation and arrest of “Empire” star Jussie Smollett. Thursday’s release came a week after a Cook County judge ordered the information be released in response to Freedom of Information Act requests from media outlets. Smollett was accused of hiring two individuals […]
Chicago Becomes First Major City to Collect ‘Netflix tax’…
Chicago is the first major city to collect what’s dubbed the “Netflix tax.” The Windy City has raked in $2 million after imposing a 9 percent tax on companies like Sony and Fandango. The four-year old tax whose name comes from targetting streaming entertainment services is gaining attention from other cities and states. “This is […]
“Nigerian Brothers” Sue Smollett Attorneys for Defamation…
Two Lakeview men who police and prosecutors said helped TV star Jussie Smollett stage a bogus hate crime on Jan. 29th have filed a defamation suit against the actor’s Hollywood-based attorneys. The complaint filed this morning in Chicago’s federal courthouse seeks more than $75,000 each for Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo and Abimbola “Bola” Osundairo from attorneys […]
State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Calls Jussie Smollett ‘washed up celeb who lied to cops’ in Text Messages…
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx described “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett as a “washed up celeb who lied to cops” in texts messages released Tuesday by her office in response to a public-records request by the Chicago Tribune. Foxx compared Smollett’s case to her office’s pending indictments against R&B singer R. Kelly in text messages […]
Foxx Aide Falsely Blames Chicago PD Detectives for Smollett Leak, Calls Cops ‘the Worst’…
The Cook County state’s attorney’s office late Tuesday released hundreds of text messages and over 3,000 pages of often-duplicitous emails related to the Jussie Smollett hoax hate crime case. CWBChicago has summarized our review of the materials in Twitter threads here and here. Our reporting makes a number of appearances in the produced documents. In […]
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