Jane Tuesday

This story just keeps on giving. More interesting than anything that's been on Empire in years!

For the sake of argument, let's say the Osundairo brothers did assault him, for some reason only they know. And let's say he had no idea it was them, and he really did pay them $3,500 for a fitness plan. My question would be, why did he claim that they were white? Not that he didn't see them, or they were concealed. He stated uncategorically that they were white. That's clearly a lie, which calls into question his entire story, IMO. I'd be curious how those who are defending JS (in general, not specifically here) explain that part of his story.

$10,000 and some unspecified community service. That's the going rate for a clean record and a gag order on the evidence, apparently. I totally agree with your whole post. I never expected him to do time, but this "whitewash" (to quote the mayor) is just so gross that it has pushed me from the "what a jerk" camp into the "I hope he loses his career and this remains the thing he's known for the rest of his life" camp. Especially considering that JS has tried to present himself in the past as some kind of spokesperson for POC and LGBTQ. Knowing the long troubled history of those two groups in dealing with the criminal justice system, for him to use his "celebrity" to broker this kind of deal is just disgusting, IMO. Again, quoting Mr. Emanuel: "[This case] sends a clear message that if you're in a position of influence and power you'll be treated one way and if you're not you'll be treated another way." Adding to make it clear - I haven't seen any of that trolling (maybe because I don't do twitter) - but threatening him or his family with physical violence is absolutely reprehensible.

Wow, just wow. So if you do "community service" while you wait for trial, they just drop the whole thing? Somehow I doubt other people in Chicago get the same deal. This is so rotten, I can't even wrap my head around it. There are two options here: Either JS made the whole thing up, in which case, he wasted a crap-ton of CPD time and money. From that CBSlocal link: "During the investigation into the alleged hate crime attack, 24 detectives were removed from regular cases. Around 1,000 hours were dedicated to the investigation, not including overtime not included. In addition, police spent dozens of hours of examining surveillance video from 55 city pod cams and private cameras. Authorities also executed 50 search warrants and subpoenas for phone, social media and financial records." Or JS was really attacked, in which case, they should still be investigating that, no? The fact that they aren't says it all. This is NOT a victimless crime. While JS was wasting the CPD's time and resources with this nonsense, REAL victims' needs were pushed aside.

Ah, sweet James. *swoon* Enjoy! One word of advice - don't try too hard to make the mysteries make sense. They should have had Palmerston fish Victoria out of the ocean as a nod to Lewis fans. LOL

I'm so excited that Wyatt is getting story that I really don't care what it is. Darren Brooks is way too good an actor for what he's been getting.

Let's say for the sake of argument that the brothers attacked JS and it wasn't a hoax, that he had no idea it was them. Why, then, would he state with so much confidence that his attackers were white? Not that he didn't know, or couldn't identify them. He clearly stated they were white, and they plainly are not. I originally only heard the bare bones of the story, that he had been attacked in Chicago for being black and gay. Sadly, I could totally buy that. But now that I've heard more, the MAGA stuff was unbelievable. Anybody who knows Chicago knows that it couldn't be less "MAGA country". It's the bluest of blue cities, behind maybe San Francisco.

Why is Zoe wearing the skin of a giant baseball on her ass?