I'm curious - what happened to the witness that saw the weird, white "redneck" with rope and hunting socks? Did she know about the rope/"noose" before she contacted the police? Did she know Jussie thought they were white when she reported it? If not, and since this is not either one of the men that were arrested, what's the deal here? Was she coached to say this stuff by someone, or did she actually see this guy? Has this guy ever been identified? Does it sound like someone who lives there? What are the odds that a "redneck" with a rope/clothesline would be hanging out in that weather near Jussie's bldg? Hmmmmmm. Thoughts? Seems to pretty conveniently tick off a lot of boxes as far as who Jussie said attacked him. The redneck thing was a nice little flourish.
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"A woman who lives in
Jussie Smollett's apartment building told cops she saw a suspicious man -- whom she said looked like a "redneck" -- loitering just outside the entrance to the building an hour and a half before Jussie says he was attacked.
The woman -- who asked us not to use her name -- tells TMZ, she walked out of the building at 12:30 AM Tuesday to take her dogs out and saw the man near the door, pacing between the parking garage and entrance, looking agitated and smoking a cigarette. She says, "He looked out of place." He was a white man with scruff on his face wearing a blue winter beanie, a blue zip-up sweatshirt with a hood and blue jeans that were too short, exposing "thick, grey hunting socks" with camel-colored dress shoes.
She says she noticed what looked like a rope, or a clothesline, protruding from the bottom of his sweatshirt, made of white and blue material.
She says he was staring at another man about 300 feet away, who was standing near another entrance to the building."
She says she got "creeped out" by the man, and after 5 minutes she retreated back into the building.
The woman says she went to sleep and
woke up at 4 AM to go to the gym, and noticed a lot of security. She says the concierge told her
Jussie was attacked, and when she told him what she saw, the concierge implored her to call a detective and gave her two phone numbers. She made contact that afternoon ..."
