Stefan MolyneuxVerified account

Technically if Smollett had paid then to beat him up then they can’t be charged with a crime

The bodybuilders knew of the fraud when Jussie reported the attack as true. People with knowledge of a crime have a duty to report, no?

Yes but prosecutors have full discretion when it comes to filing charges. For example if a woman was routinely physically harmed by her husband and she eventually one day she snaps and shoots him the prosecutors could look at the totality of the evidence choose not to file charge

I take that back at least one of the brothers should be charged since we now know he was also Jussie’s regular drug supplier

Then the Shitcago political machine is probably hard at work protecting one of their own.

They didnt actually assault him. They were paid for a service and explained what happened when asked by police about it.

They cooperated with the indictment. So, they go off into the night.

I’m a police officer and can shed some light here. Smollett is the one that filed the report with CPD. There is (presumably) a state code outlining the illegality of filing a police report that you know is false. The brothers, though participants with Smollett, didn’t lie to PD

Where I think the brothers could be in hot water is the letter, it had a powdery white substance in it, that is enough to rack up a terrorisim charge.