{"id":117072,"date":"2019-02-20T19:16:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T23:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=117072"},"modified":"2019-02-20T19:16:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T23:16:44","slug":"its-official-jussie-is-now-a-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=117072","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Official: Jussie is now a suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>JUSSIE SMOLLETT<\/h4>\n<h1>BROTHERS ON CAM BUYING SKI MASKS&#8230; Jussie Now a &#8216;Suspect&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p>TMZ<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/20\/022019-jussie-smollett-brothers-primary-3.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tmz.com\/2013\/11\/20\/update-graphic-red-bar.jpg\" \/><strong>2:20 PM PT &#8212; Chicago PD says Jussie is now &#8220;officially classified as a suspect in a criminal investigation&#8221; &#8230; and detectives began presenting evidence Wednesday afternoon to the grand jury.<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tmz.com\/2013\/11\/20\/update-grey-gray-bar.jpg\" \/>The brothers who say\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/person\/jussie-smollet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jussie Smollett<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0hired them to stage the alleged attack were caught on surveillance camera buying a bunch of items they used during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The video &#8212; first posted by CBS2 in Chicago &#8212; shows\u00a0<strong>Ola<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Abel Osundairo<\/strong>\u00a0at the checkout counter as they pile up the items, which include ski masks, gloves, bandanas, sunglasses and red hats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE:<\/p>\n<p>I tracked down surveillance of the Osundairo&#39;s buying supplies before &quot;attack&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Sources say Jussie Smollet  told brothers what to buy.<\/p>\n<p>Countless phone calls placed for this.<\/p>\n<p>Visited more stores than I wish to admit.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbschicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cbschicago<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GT6h2g6Y9a\">https:\/\/t.co\/GT6h2g6Y9a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ULr3UTDe9Q\">pic.twitter.com\/ULr3UTDe9Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieDeMar\/status\/1098335299829145600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At one point Abel pulls his hoodie over his head, perhaps attempting to hide his face, but he&#8217;d already been seen clearly on the video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2019\/02\/20\/jussie-smollett-video-shows-brothers-red-hat-ski-mask\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CBS2<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0says the brothers bought these items the day before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/01\/29\/empire-star-jussie-smollett-attacked-hospitalized-homophobic-hate-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the &#8220;attack&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on Jussie.<\/p>\n<p>The items are interesting &#8230; we know Jussie said his attackers were wearing ski masks, and we also know police seized red hats when they raided the brothers&#8217; home in Chicago. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/01\/30\/jussie-smollett-attack-surveillance-video-persons-of-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>surveillance image<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0police had released last month appears to show Abel and Ola with their faces still concealed under the ski masks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/20\/0220-jussie-smollett-surveillance-photo-chicago-pd-4.jpg\" \/>As we first reported, the brothers were at court Tuesday, ready to testify for the grand jury &#8212; but were called off at the last minute because Jussie&#8217;s attorneys are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/20\/jussie-smollett-chicago-police-meeting-grand-jury-osundairo-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>going to speak to police<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told they will go before the grand jury when it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/17\/jussie-smollett-grand-jury-attack-brothers-trump-empire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>finally convenes<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2019\/02\/15\/jussie-smollett-suspect-photos\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/20\/0220-jussie-smollett-brothers-attackers-footer-4.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Originally Published &#8212; 1:55 PM PT<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/20\/jussie-smollett-attack-surveillance-video-ski-masks-osundairo-brothers\/\">https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/20\/jussie-smollett-attack-surveillance-video-ski-masks-osundairo-brothers\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUSSIE SMOLLETT BROTHERS ON CAM BUYING SKI MASKS&#8230; Jussie Now a &#8216;Suspect&#8217; TMZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}