The former Empire actor, who has been accused of filing a false police report, testified in court today that he and one of the men he said attacked him had “made out” on multiple occasi…
. On two occasions, they went to a bathhouse together where they “made out,” he said. When asked if he regrets doing drugs, Smollett testified that he does, and that the reason for doing them was to cope with the immense pressure he was under as an actor — pressure he said he was under “more than any other cast member.”
Uche continued to ask about the circumstances in which Smollett and Osundairo did drugs together. Smollett testified that he and Osundairo often drove around smoking weed in the Mercedes seen in surveillance footage driving to the scene of the reported attack. The defense established that it was not out of the ordinary for the two to hang out together, drive around and smoke weed in that area.
Smollett also testified that Abimbola Osundairo’s brother, Ola, did not like him. He still asked Abimbola to train him to get in shape for an upcoming music video and because showrunner Lee Daniels told him he needed to. Smollett was seen huddling with and embracing family members after the court broke for a 45-minute lunch break.
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