Jussie Smollett took to the stand in his own defense December 6 in his ongoing trial for faking a hate crime. In his testimony, Smollett claimed that he had sex and used drugs with one of the men he allegedly hired to help him stage the attack.
He further claimed that he in no way perpetrated a hoax.Smollett maintains that he did not fake a hate crime he reported in January 2019.“There was no hoax,” Smollett told the court, according to The New York Post. “What happened to me, happened.”Smollett asserted that the attack terrified him, as he feared injury to his face. “I’m not a character actor, you know, if I was a character actor maybe it’d be different,” he told the court. “My character was a superstar, a pop star, a beloved GQ whatever,.