Source: TMZ
Says Attorney Mark Geragos
5:30 PM PT — Jussie’s attorney, Mark Geragos, just released a scathing response to the indictment, telling us, “The fact of an indictment was not unexpected. We knew that there is no way they would expose their evidence to a public airing and subject their witnesses to cross-examination.
What is unexpected, however, is the prosecutorial overkill in charging 16 separate counts against Jussie.”Geragos continues, “This redundant and vindictive indictment is nothing more than a desperate attempt to make headlines in order to distract from the internal investigation launched to investigate the outrageous leaking of false information by the Chicago Police Department and the shameless and illegal invasion of Jussie’s privacy in tampering with his medical records. Jussie adamantly maintains his innocence even if law enforcement has robbed him of that presumption.”
2:45 PM PT — We’ve now read the indictment, and it appears the grand jury hit Jussie with one count for EACH allegedly false statement he made during the 2 interviews with cops.Jussie Smollett just got slammed by a Cook County grand jury, which has returned a 16-count felony…
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