*Mark Geragos has extensive experience representing entertainers with serious criminal issues (hello Chris Brown!). And because of that, we surmise, he is said to be on the verge of becoming Jussie Smollett‘s new criminal defense rep in court.
Some say they saw this move coming when Geragos appeared on CNN on Monday evening and made an interesting case for supporting Smollett, all while painting Chicago Police Department in unfavorable terms. In other words, he threw major shade at the Chi-town police. He suggested the leaks coming from the police were a thinly veiled attempt to skewer the actor.
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Here’s more from TMZ:
We realized what was up the second Geragos appeared on Anderson Cooper’s show and made repeated contacts with Geragos trying to find out if he was representing him — it was the only way to read his comments. Geragos did not get back to us.
There are now reports he is close to representing the actor who is now in the crosshairs of the police department.
TMZ broke the story, a grand jury is about to convene to hear evidence as to whether Smollett should be indicted on the felony charge of filing a false police report.
Smollett has vehemently maintained the attack was real.
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Getting back to Smollett’s possible problem with the police, his current legal team (Chicago defense attorneys Todd S. Pugh and Victor P. Henderson), with or without Geragos, are standing arm-in-arm to keep their client from another formal session with the CPD, according to Deadline.
Meanwhile, there’s been no sit-down scheduled despite repeated requests by the Chicago police, the department continues asking lawyers and reps for the actor for a chance to be able to talk to Smollett again. As suspicion and the spotlight of the investigation seems now to be centering on Smollett himself, the CPD want more information about what happened in the early hours of January 29, when two men reportedly attacked the “Empire“Â star near his Windy City his apartment.
At this point, based on information obtained from the Osundario brothers and others, the CPD are trying to find out whether the attack might have been pre-planned and with an agenda.
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