Nigerian Brothers Involved In Jussie Smollett's Hate Crime Hoax Urge The Actor To Admit Guilt

The Osundairo brothers, Abel and Ola, have broken their silence after Jussie Smollett's hoax conviction was overturned, wondering why the actor never took responsibility for his actions.

Smollett was let off the hook in his hate crime hoax case after judges in Illinois ruled that his trial breached his rights and reversed the decision.

The Nigerian brothers decried the "sweetheart" deal Jussie Smollett got, arguing that his celebrity status tipped the scales in his favor.

The Osundairo brothers, two men who were found to have helped Jussie Smollett carry out a hate crime hoax, have broken their silence after his conviction was recently thrown out.

The brothers say they were taken aback not just by the ruling that prevents Smollett from being re-tried, but because he never owned up to what he did.

They made the remark in an interview on "Fox & Friends," decrying how the "sweetheart" deal the state's attorney, Kim Foxx, gave the actor left them shocked. The actor reportedly got a forfeiture of $10K in bail and 15 hours of community service.

The Osundairo brothers went on to claim that Smollett still owed them $500, although Abel quickly chimed in, noting that the money wasn't the only reason they attacked him.

According to TMZ, they also alleged that Smollett lied to them as he claimed it was common practice for fake acts of violence against themselves, using Kim Kardashian's Paris robbery incident as an example.

Abel and Ola are not the only persons who are uncomfortable with the turnout of Smollett's case. The special prosecutor in the case recently issued a stern rebuke of the Illinois Supreme Court after it ruled to overturn the actor's conviction on a technicality.

Dan Webb said in a statement shared with the Daily Mail that the ruling "has nothing to do with Mr. Smollett's innocence," and the "legal reasoning upends long-standing Illinois precedent."

"My office spent nearly two years developing evidence and working closely with the Chicago Police Department to prepare that case for trial," Webb continued in his remark. "It is very important I point out that today's decision is also not the result of any error or conduct by the Office of the Special Prosecutor, the trial court, or the Chicago Police Department."

He added that Smollett "did not even challenge the sufficiency of the evidence against him in his appeal."

Smollett was let off the hook after the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that his rights were violated by Webb and his team's decision to re-try him even after the initial charges were dropped with an agreement that he wouldn't be re-charged.

Webb, in his statement, told the Daily Mail that "all of this conduct happened five months prior" to his appointment, and even though his actions led to the decision, the court "did not find any error with the overwhelming evidence presented at trial."

He went on to explain that the Supreme Court made a mistake in its ruling over the agreement that Smollett made with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office (CCSAO) in 2019 that he would not be re-charged.

"The Illinois Supreme Court reached this decision notwithstanding the fact that the CCSAO dismissed the initial Smollett case via a nolle prosequi, which does not bar re-prosecution under Illinois law, and Mr. Smollett's own lawyers told the public immediately following the dismissal of his initial case in March 2019 that there was 'no deal' with the CCSAO," he said.

"Today's ruling does not change how deeply proud I am of the work my Special Prosecutor's office accomplished," Webb concluded. "Nor does it undermine the jury's verdict, and most importantly, it does not clear Jussie Smollett's name—he is not innocent."

Meanwhile, Cook County state attorney Foxx has defended her office's decision to offer Smollett a plea deal, sharing that she feels vindicated by the court's ruling.

According to TMZ, Foxx shared that she wasn't surprised by the court's decision as she knew immediately that the conviction would be overturned.

Regarding whether she regrets not giving the actor a steeper punishment, Foxx claimed he was convicted of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report, which is a low-level felony, adding that such crimes usually end up with diversion programs, not jail sentences.

In an interview with People Magazineearlier this year, Smollett opened up about the day of his arrest in 2019.

He shared, "That was a pretty dark day because that's when everything clicked to me of what was happening,"

Smollett continued: "A lot of things tested my strength, a lot of things tested my mental, but the one thing I never lost — I never started thinking that I am somebody that I'm not. That is the one thing that did not happen."

The actor is now making an acting comeback and recently appeared in the movie, "The Lost Holliday."