‘A ridiculous fantasy tale’: Anniversary of Jussie Smollett’s ‘great hate crime hoax’

It’s the five-year anniversary of the “great hate crime hoax” perpetuated by Actor Jussie Smollett, according to Sky News host Rita Panahi. “A ridiculous fantasy tale that was obviously a lie but was accepted uncritically by the race-baiting US media and US politicians, including Kamala Harris and Joe Biden,” she said. “None of the details added up at all, but the left, including Democrat politicians ... and the media were happy to unleash a race war based on obvious lies.” Mr Smollett had paid two brothers to stage an attack on himself whilst yelling racist and homophobic slurs to replicate a hate crime. In 2021, the disgraced actor was found guilty of staging a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago in January 2019.