Jussie Smollett Scolds White Prosecutor For Saying the N-Word While Reading His Instagram Messages Out Loud

The trial against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who is accused of staging a fake hate crime, was not without drama today as he was cross examined on the witness stand by special prosecutor Dan Webb.

As Fox News reported, Smollett denied under oath all allegations that he brought the Osundairo brothers on a “dry run” of his attack two days prior to it taking place. 

Webb showed and read from private Instagram messages where Smollett updated Bola Osundairo on his whereabouts and flight delay information on the night of the attack.

The messages appeared to make the case that Smollet was working with Bola to time out the planned attack.

Some of the messages included the use of the N-word, which Webb, who is White, read in their entirety.

This didn’t sit well with Smollett who interrupted Webb to ask him to spell or abbreviate the word so as not to offend “every African American in this room.”

Webb was unconvinced, however, and told Smollett that he was welcome to read his own messages to the court but that he would not censor the quotations of the actor’s messages.

Smollett apparently complied at that point and the two moved on. 

Webb called key details of Smollett’s story of both the night of the attack and the alleged dry run into question during the remaining cross-examination.

Smollett denied throughout that he orchestrated anything with the Osundairo brothers, referring to both the siblings as “liars,” according to Fox News.