Good for the Osundairo brothers suing the attorneys of hoaxster Jussie Smollett. Both Tina Glandian and Mark Geragos, are being sued by the Osundairo brothers for defamation after both attorneys went on various liberal networks to smear the reputation of the brothers. The brothers are seeking punitive damages as well as lost income in the lawsuit.
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The Osundairos’ attorney, Gloria Schmidt, quoted Smollett, 36, in a press conference Tuesday in Chicago, telling reporters, “‘I will never be the man that this did not happen to. I will be forever changed.'” She said of her clients and the Chicago Police Department, “Now they can say that same statement. My city, my police department and my clients deserve to have their reputations restored.”
Schmidt slammed Geragos and Glandian’s alleged “continued false statements and hateful rhetoric” against the brothers following the alleged hoax.
“That is why today we are taking action in federal court,” she said. “We want to end these malicious attacks and ensure that those responsible for continuing to destroy the reputation of the Chicago Police Department and Abel and Ola Osundairo are held accountable.”
“The Chicagoan brothers told the truth,” Schmidt said. “They could have remained silent, but they told the truth to the police, and with their right hands in the air, they told the truth to the grand jury.” She later said they were “asked to do something by a friend that they trusted, and later that friend betrayed their trust.”