{"id":418224,"date":"2022-03-18T23:50:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T20:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/federal-judge-allows-defamation-claims-in-jussie-smollett-suit\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T23:50:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T20:50:33","slug":"federal-judge-allows-defamation-claims-in-jussie-smollett-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/federal-judge-allows-defamation-claims-in-jussie-smollett-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Federal judge allows defamation claims in Jussie Smollett suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a409c58e17a7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a409c58e17a7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/federal-judge-allows-defamation-claims-in-jussie-smollett-suit\/#%E2%80%9CFederal_judge_allows_defamation_claims_in_Jussie_Smollett_suit%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Federal judge allows defamation claims in Jussie Smollett suit&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFederal_judge_allows_defamation_claims_in_Jussie_Smollett_suit%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Federal judge allows defamation claims in Jussie Smollett suit&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A federal judge ruled Friday that two witnesses in the Jussie Smollett case had grounds to sue the actor\u2019s legal team for defamation, a day after Smollett\u2019s lawyers filed a counter-suit.<\/p>\n<p>Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo, brothers who were paid by Smollett to help him stage a hate crime, were potentially defamed when Smollett attorney Tina Glandian went on the Today show and suggested the pair had been in \u201cwhiteface,\u201d U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland said.<\/p>\n<p>Glandian <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on the show in March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why Smollett had told police that one of his attackers was white, Glandian said that the very dark-skinned brothers might have \u201cput makeup on\u201d to disguise their color. The attorney also criticized Chicago police for allegedly failing to investigate an online video showing one of the brothers \u201cin whiteface doing a joke monologue with white makeup on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026taken in context, Glandian was asserting Plaintiffs\u2019 involvement in a racially motivated attack,\u201d Rowland said in a written ruling. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Jussie-Smollett-Lawsuit.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Brothers Olabinjo Osundairo, right, and Abimbola Osundairo\" class=\"wp-image-21578632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Jussie-Smollett-Lawsuit.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Jussie-Smollett-Lawsuit.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Jussie-Smollett-Lawsuit.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Brothers Olabinjo Osundairo, right, and Abimbola Osundairo were paid by Jussie Smollett to help him stage a fake hate crime.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Charles Rex Arbogast, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cExplaining that the attackers were white, read in context, adds the implication that the attack was a hate crime,\u201d she added. \u201cBased on the \u2018whiteface\u2019 statement, Plaintiffs have plausibly alleged defamation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/JUSSIE-SMOLLETT-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=460\" alt=\"Jussie Smollett\" class=\"wp-image-21578681\" width=\"287\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/JUSSIE-SMOLLETT-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=428 430w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/JUSSIE-SMOLLETT-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=287 287w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/JUSSIE-SMOLLETT-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=143 143w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/JUSSIE-SMOLLETT-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\"\/><figcaption>Jussie Smollett was convicted in December 2021 of staging a hate crime.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CPD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>While <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/04\/23\/osundairo-brothers-sue-jussie-smolletts-lawyers-for-defamation\/\">other claims of defamation by the brothers<\/a> have been, Friday\u2019s ruling allows a narrower defamation case to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling comes one day after Glandian\u2019s law firm, Geragos &amp; Geragos, filed a suit against the brothers in Cook County, Illinois, alleging the\u00a0two tried to \u201cinject themselves into the limelight\u201d through \u201cmanipulation\u201d of the federal court system with an intentionally frivolous\u00a0suit.<\/p>\n<p>That suit alleges that the Osundairo brother\u2019s defamation suit \u201cfabricated statements out of thin air and falsely attributed them to [Smollett attorney Mark] Geragos\u201d <\/p>\n<p>That suit also names attorneys for the Osundairo brothers as defendants, claiming that they \u201cimproperly opined\u201d on Smollett\u2019s guilt on national TV. <\/p>\n<p>Smollett was released from jail Wednesday night pending appeal after serving six days of jail time following his conviction on five counts of felony disorderly conduct for lying to police.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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