It looks like CNN might lose another prize anchor if former actor Jussie Smollett is to be trusted or can produce the evidence he claims to have. The notorious faker testified in courts that anchor Don Lemon gave him a heads up in regards to where police were on his investigation.
Fox News reported:
“Jussie Smollett testifies to receiving text from CNN’s Don Lemon during Chicago Police attack investigation
Jussie Smollett said he had correspondence with CNN’s Don Lemon during the early parts of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) investigation into the alleged hate crime attack for which Smollett is currently on trial defending himself against allegations he faked the entire ordeal.
In his court testimony on Monday, Smollett, 39, said under oath that during the investigation, he received a text from the network’s Don Lemon — supposedly relaying information that the CPD didn’t believe his account of what happened, Fox News’ Matt Finn reported from the Windy City courthouse where prosecutors and Smollett’s defense team are at odds.
Lemon told his viewers at the time that the story was “personal” since he and Smollett had been acquaintances and were in constant communication since the alleged incident and that Smollett told Lemon what he said had happened to him, which he admitted raised lots of questions.
He stressed that while Smollett is “innocent until proven guilty,” he still “squandered the goodwill of a whole lot of people” if his story wasn’t true.”
In other news related to the Smollett hoax case, the former “actor” claims that the attack was not a hoax.
I kid not…
According to Deadline the former actor called the assault by men hurling punches and homophobic and racial slurs and shouting “MAGA country” to be “something out of Looney Tune adventures.”
Asked directly by special prosecutor Daniel Webb in cross-examination if he wanted the police to treat his attack as a “hate crime,” Smollett replied that he “wanted police to solve a crime that had happened to me.”
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