And The Daily Mail:
Jussie Smollett 'has agreed to talk to police again'
Jussie Smollett agreed to talk to police again on Tuesday afternoon in a last minute, 'hail Mary' move which stopped two Nigerian brothers from testifying against him before a grand jury, it has been claimed.
The actor, 36, has not spoken to police since giving his initial reports about the January 29 attack and handing over evidence including redacted phone records to prove his story that he was jumped by MAGA-loving, racist and homophobic attackers.
In the last week, as information about the case has leaked relentlessly from within the Chicago Police Department, Smollett has bolstered his legal team but has not been spoken to the police.
On Wednesday, as brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo prepared to testify against him in front of a grand jury and allegedly describe how he paid them to attack him, Smollett's lawyers reportedly placed a call to the prosecutor's office which put a sudden stop to the proceedings.
TMZ reports that the 'hail Mary' was them offering Smollett up to the police to be questioned again, a claim that neither the prosecutor's office nor the Empire's stars attorney would immediately confirm.
A Chicago Police Department spokesman told
ABC that there was now a 'dialogue' between them and Smollett's attorneys.
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