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The actor, who is accused of asking two brothers to mildly attack him, and then reporting it as a hate crime, took the stand at his criminal trial on charges related to the 2019 assault.
Under questioning by Mr. Smollett’s defense team, two brothers who say they participated in a fake attack denied suggestions they had lied to avoid prosecution.
Abimbola Osundairo, testifying at Mr. Smollett’s trial on charges of filing a false police report, said the actor “wanted me to fake beat him up.”