Smollett's outburst at his sentencing was extreme and dramatic. He may have even fooled himself.
This was a preamble to Linn’s sentence, which was unpredictably harsh. Many legal experts interviewed in the lead-up to Smollett’s sentencing predicted he’d serve no jail time. The amount of attention that Smollett’s case commanded—orchestrated at least somewhat openly by Smollett,soon after the attack he alleged and before he was hit with felony charges for his alleged hoax—should not be confused with its severity, which is largely theoretical and opaque.
If Smollett did real damage in terms of hoarding resources and sowing mistrust about hate crimes, the extent of the burden he caused could hardly be measured. He took up a lot of time and attention , but on the other hand, his punishment is harsh in ways that are predictable and unsatisfying. Though he alleged violence, he did not commit a violent crime, and so, here again is another Black man being put behind bars for a nonviolent crime.
According to the case file, Smollett was in frequent communication with Abimbola Osundairo before and after the attack. Also per the Chicago P.D.’s docs, after Smollett “learned” that the Osundairo brothers were the main suspects, “he was asked if he would sign complaints and prosecute and he stated yes he would.” What struck me reading over the records when they were released in 2019 was how cruel Smollett’s behavior was, if in fact he did concoct this hate-attack scheme.
But there was something in his post-sentencing outburst that seemed real. Could it be that his legal team was so inept that they just couldn’t unravel a proper alternative theory? Or is it that Smollett simplybelieve this story that he’s been telling so long? Smollett’s repetition and struggle for coherence in such a pithy statement made me wonder about his mental state. It reminded me of something Maureen Orth quotes in“Narcissists get hung up on their image.
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