Jussie Smollett was branded a 'serial liar' who 'without question' orchestrated a hoax attack in January 29, 2019, by hiring his friend and apparent sometimes lover Abel Osundairo, and his brother Ola to beat him up in an effort to boost his career.
Special Prosecutor Dan Webb tore through Smollett as he addressed the jury, telling them the actor deliberately 'tailored' his testimony to avoid the truth and lied to them repeatedly under oath.
'There is no question that Mr. Smollett is the person who orchestrated it. Mr. Smollett went on that witness stand and made many, many false statements to you.
'He lied under oath to you jurors in the course of this trial,' Webb told the jury.
'He knew there was a substantial amount of evidence that showed he did exactly what the brothers said he did. And he knew there was surveillance and GPS evidence,' he said.
Webb called it 'ridiculous' to suggest that the brothers, who were identified through evidence as being those on the street of the night of the attack, were there for any other reason.
He also laughed off Smollett's claims that he was out on the streets looking for eggs.
'Either he had plans to be there with the brothers or he likes eggs,' he said.
The 39-year-old actor was pictured arriving on Wednesday surrounded by his family, who have supported him throughout. His mother Janet is shown, left, and sister Jurnee is shown, right
Smollett has arrived with his family every day for the trial. They say they believe him, and that he is the victim of a racist police force that didn't want to ever believe him
Smollett holds hands with his mother Janet on his way into the courtroom on Wednesday morning
He called Smollett's alleged lies 'heinous' and said it was 'downright wrong' to do what he is charged with. Smollett's attorneys will give their closing arguments later and the judge has set no limit on how long each side has.
The 39-year-old actor was pictured arriving on Wednesday surrounded by his family, who have supported him throughout.
He maintains his innocence and has offered different defenses throughout the trial; first, his attorneys said he was attacked by brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo because they 'hated' who he was and are homophobic.
Then they suggested that the pair wanted to scare him into thinking that he needed security, and that he'd hire them as his bodyguards.
The brothers say Smollett paid them $3500 to carry out the attack so that he'd get more attention, and that he never intended for the case to be reported to police much less become a national scandal.
The jury of five white men, five white women, one Hispanic woman and one black man will have to consider six counts of felony disorderly conduct.
All are class four felonies, the least serious, and carry a maximum sentence of three years behind bars each, but attorneys say they don't think it's likely Smollett - who has no criminal record - will spend 'a day in jail.'
On Tuesday, he became agitated with special prosecutor Dan Webb for repeating the N word aloud while reading private Instagram messages that Smollett had sent Abel Osundairo while flying from New York City to Chicago in the hours before the attack.
He asked Webb not to use the word for the sake of 'every African American' in the courtroom. When Webb apologized, Smollett snapped: 'Apology accepted but it's been used a lot.'
He refused to acknowledge that it was Abel and Ola who attacked him on January 29, 2019, saying he doesn't believe a word they say because they are 'liars', but he also admitted changing his description of his attackers from 'white' to 'pale' early on in the investigation because he thought it was 'the responsible thing to do.'
Smollett repeatedly denied staging the attack and snarked at Webb during one line of questioning: 'I don't know. You'd have to ask someone who staged a hate crime.'
Smollett also claimed that in the days before the stunt, when prosecutors claimed he and the brothers were rehearsing the attack, they were actually getting together to smoke marijuana.
He maintains that he did think the pair were light skinned when they attacked him and
