RUPERT PUPKIN TO RESUME ACTING CAREER? That’s All, Hoax: Illinois Supreme Court Tosses Jussie Smollett’s Conviction for Phony Hate Crime.

In January 2019, Smollett falsely claimed to have been the victim of a violent hate crime while walking back to his luxury apartment building in Chicago. He alleged the perpetrators were wearing red “Make America Great Again” hats yet somehow recognized him from the show Empire. Smollett recalled his attackers shouting racist and homophobic slurs while pouring bleach over his body and placing a noose around his neck. Scores of prominent Democrats, journalists, celebrities, and other liberal activists rushed to condemn the “assault.” Many blamed then-president Donald Trump for inciting it with his violent rhetoric.

“@JussieSmollett is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know,” Kamala Harris, then a candidate in the 2020 Democratic primary, wrote in a tweet she still hasn’t deleted. “I’m praying for his quick recovery. This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate.”

Investigators quickly determined that Smollett had staged the attack. He paid two Nigerian bodybuilders to acquire the necessary props and commit the “crime.” Prior to the attack, Smollett wrote a racist and threatening letter to himself but was disappointed when it didn’t get a “bigger reaction.”

As Adam B. Coleman writes at the New York Post, “Smollett is an exploiter of the weaknesses in modern America surrounding the topic of race and Donald Trump. Smollett did not care about the repercussions of perpetuating this elaborate lie as long as he benefited from our destruction.” So how quickly will he be welcomed back into Hollywood’s good graces?

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