I just skimmed through the threads on this case. I knew little about the story until the past few days when it has been covered by local (Detroit) media. I recall hearing about the alleged attack when it first happened but was unfamiliar with the actor or the show and didn't pay much attention to the story. Kind of hard to escape coverage now.
I'm curious about those who have followed the case from the beginning: Are you a fan of Empire and/or JS, or are you interested in the evolving criminal case?
Never heard of the show or the actor until the night the attack was announced.
I was not on WS at the start of the case, but I was following on Twitter the night the story first broke. I was skeptical from the start (after an initial "Oh no!" belief).
The first clue to me was it was TOO much - reminded me right away of Tawana Brawley, for those old enough to remember that case. It was just TOO much and gave a weird feeling - a gut reaction that something wasn't ringing true. As I looked at each detail, none of them rang true.
But I also was skeptical of the Kardashian theft in Paris a few years ago and that ended up being true, so I was telling myself to just watch JS's case unfold rather than instantly reacting.
As I watched twitter explode that night, here and there was a voice of disbelief in the feed. And the disbelief, from my observations, was not for "obvious reasons" as someone on this thread suggested, but because JS story didn't make sense. (Clarification: When I say disbelief was "here and there" on Twitter that night, that is
after discounting the troll-like political zealot-type reactions, which I scroll past.)
I was very curious how the case would unfold, so I followed not as a fan and not to scoff at anyone, but as a curious bystander....with WS-training. I joined this thread just recently.
jmo