Jussie Smollett Says CNN’s Don Lemon Tipped Him Off About Chicago Police Investigation
CNN’s Don Lemon apparently pulled a Chris Cuomo and warned Jussie Smollett about the Chicago investigation into his alleged hate crime hoax.
According to New York Post, Smollett revealed that Lemon texted him that the Chicago Police Department did not believe Smollett’s account of the incident. Lemon was apparently sharing information he had gotten from sources in the CPD.
In 2019 while speaking to Red Table Talk, Lemon admitted to speaking to Smollett following news of the alleged attack to check on his friend.
“So every day I say … ‘I know you think I’m annoying you, but I just want to know how you’re doing. And that you’re OK. And that if you need somebody, you can talk to me because there’s not a lot of us out there,'” Lemon said,per Entertainment Tonight. “Sometimes he responds, sometimes he doesn’t.'”
As we previously reported, the former “Empire’” star is accused of lying to police when he reported that he was the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in Chicago in 2019.
At 10-to-midnight, @DonLemon and @OmarJimenez finally discuss the Jussie Smollett trial. But neither “journalist” mentioned how Smollett testified under oath that Lemon tipped him off to police skepticism of his hoax claims. The whole segment lasted 5 minutes and 7 seconds. pic.twitter.com/fNpgiY9o3J
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 7, 2021