Jussie Smollett Testifies to Receiving Texts from CNN’s Don Lemon During Investigation into Hate Crime Hoax

Actor Jussie Smollett, on trial for allegedly orchestrating a hate crime against himself, said under oath Monday that he spoke with CNN anchor Don Lemon early on during the Chicago Police Department’s investigation into the alleged hate crime attack.

The 39-year-old Smollett said in his court testimony that he received a text from Lemon, who supposedly informed the “Empire” star that the CPD did not believe his attack occurred the way he described it, Fox News’ Matt Finn reported.

Following the 2019 incident, Lemon told his viewers that the story was “personal” because he and Smollett had been acquaintances and communicated frequently since the alleged attack. Lemon also said at the time that Smollett had told him his account of what happened to him, which the CNN host admitted raised a number of questions.

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