State's Attorney Kim Foxx called Jussie Smollett a 'washed up celeb who lied to cops' in messages sent weeks after she was said to have recused herself from the case
State's Attorney Kim Foxx called Jussie Smollett a 'washed up celeb who lied to cops' in texts sent just two weeks before all charges against him were dropped.
In messages sent weeks after she was said to have recused herself from the case Foxx wrote to prosecutor Joe Magats: 'Pedophile with 4 victims 10 counts. Washed up celeb who lied to cops, 16.'
It is understood she was comparing Smollett's 16 felony counts of lying to the police to the charges leveled at another celebrity defendant, R. Kelly.
The case against Smollett, 36, was suddenly and unexpectedly dropped last month by Foxx's office in questionable circumstances.
In messages sent two weeks before that decision Foxx, who has since faced repeated calls to resign over her handling of the case, writes: 'Sooo......I'm recused, but when people accuse us of overcharging cases...16 counts on a class 4 becomes exhibit A.
She goes on: 'Pedophile with 4 victims 10 counts. Washed up celeb who lied to cops, 16.'
Magats replies: 'Yes. I can see where that can be seen as excessive.'
Foxx adds: 'On a case eligible for deferred prosecution I think it’s indicative of something we should be looking at generally. Just because we can charge something doesn’t mean we should.' 'Agreed', Magats adds.
State's Attorney Kim Foxx called Jussie Smollett a 'washed up celeb who lied to cops' in messages sent weeks after she was said to have recused herself from the case
Foxx wrote to prosecutor Joe Magats: 'Pedophile with 4 victims 10 counts. Washed up celeb who lied to cops, 16' It is understood she was comparing Smollett's 16 felony counts of lying to the police to the charges leveled at another celebrity defendant, R. Kelly
The case against Smollett, 36, was suddenly and unexpectedly dropped last month by Foxx's office in questionable circumstances
Foxx has since faced repeated calls to resign over her handling of the case
Foxx was said to have recused herself from the case on February 19 but the March 8 messages appear to show she was still meddling in the way it was handled.
Further messages show Foxx replies 'yeah....it's not who we want to be' in response to a message from her colleague Magats saying he'll take a 'hard look' at how we charge the cases.
Magats writes: 'I’ll get with Risa and Jim. With him taking over we can take a hard look at how we charge the cases and get it to something that covers
