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Blunts. when the defense attorney specifically pushed in and said at any point in time, did you talk to bolla about a hoax,he answered emphatically, no. smollett said he would do this routinely, drive around smoking, sometimes do it by himself with bolla, too many times to count were his words. and simply, after an alleged hate crime letter was sent to empire studios about a week prior, smollett said he was offered security but refused it. the reason that is important is the prosecution has argued one of his main motivators for allegedly staging this hate crime is because he believed empire wa...

Smollett was also asked about why he didn't turn his cell phone over to police in the initial investigation after the alleged hate crime attack, and the prosecutor specifically pressed him, asking if it was because he was worried that it would show extensive communications with bolla and smollett said no, because at that point, bolla was not a factor in any sort of issue at the time, don. >> you know, it's really risky to put a defendant on the stand. why did the defense do that? and what were they trying to prove, omar? >> well, for one, they were trying to push back on some of the major poin...

Smollett to be his security, so much so to the point that smollett thought it was a running joke, but that after this letter was received, those asks only intensified. and the reason that's important is because the defense has argued that one of the reasons that they believe the osendaro brothers carried out a real attack is because they were trying to intimidate him into hiring them, or at least bolla, for security. >> got it. so he also alleged a relationship with one of the brothers. how does that affect the case? >> well, that was something that came in contrast to what bolla osendaro test...