Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx calledEmpirestarJussie Smolletta “washed up celeb, who lied to the cops” it has been revealed.
The conversation between Foxx and Magats took place on March 8 — the day authorities announced Smollett’s16-count indictment.
Smollett, 36, was facing 16 counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly making false police reports about ahate crime attackagainst himself on a Chicago sidewalk in January.
Also in the text messages, Foxx compared Smollett’s case to the indictment ofR. Kellyon10 charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
“Pedophile with 4 victims 10 counts. Washed up celeb who lied to cops, 16 (counts),” Foxx wrote.
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“Just because we can charge something doesn’t mean we should,” Foxx stated in the text messages, according to theChicago Tribune.
Foxx has sincereleased a statementregarding the text messages explaining, “After the indictment became public, I reached out to Joe to discuss reviewing office policies to assure consistencies in our charging and our use of appropriate charging authority.”
“I was elected to bring criminal justice reform and that includes intentionality, consistency, and discretion. I will continue to uphold these guiding principals,” Foxx’s statement reads.
“To be perfectly honest, from the very beginning we had questions,” Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said at a news conference after Smollett had been charged.
Smollett and his legal team previously said they had planned an “aggressive defense,” according to his attorneys Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson.
“Jussieadamantly maintains his innocenceeven if law enforcement has robbed him of that presumption,” his attorney, Mark Geragos, said in a statement released to PEOPLE after those indictments were announced.
In a surprising turn of events, all charges against Smollett weredroppedlast month.
Smollett’s attorneys, Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes, released a statement to PEOPLE saying, “Today, all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped and his record has been wiped clean of the filing of this tragic complaint against him.”
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source: people.com
