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Jussie Smollet has been indicted for filing a false police report.
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They were not completely separate. I was glued to that Discord in those days when GAF was down before ERA came up and the general sentiment I remember was that almost no one wanted the old mods to carry over to ERA and that the moderation practices needed a huge overhaul with a focus on transparency and fairness.
And that was on EvilLore himself. I'm pretty sure we've had old mods basically confirm he did whatever he wanted including blatantly breaking the rules of his own site for really petty reasons.
Evilore's Europe vacation thread of ass groping fun was half a decade before the site imploded, yeah. I think my favorite moment though was when he was bizarrely obsessive over whether some Muslim kid made a clock or not
There is no Evilore here. The forum is owned and run by a team of people to prevent that from happening.
The mod whining here has very little merit. I say that as someone who has been banned like four times for being a dick.
It's guaranteed. And surprise, the meta-discussion people are clamoring for is entirely unproductive.
EDIT: I admittedly posted at the same time as BronsonLee.
Nah, he couldn't be everywhere at once. There were definitely mods helping/alerting him to shit. Certain stuff would get taken down near instantly. Pretty sure we had confirmation of that too?
E: apologies Bronson
I'll just say a lot got blamed on the "mod team" at the old place.
I was never very active as a mod, so I'm more a casual observer who saw behind the curtain
Also going to point out that early on in this forums life we had drama about the issue of moderation but coming from the exact other end of the spectrum. It wasn't harsh or swift enough and let a lot of shit sneak in that really offended a lot of posters causing some of them to leave after making a stink about it. The moderation on this site is never gonna please everyone and its no doubt going to be shifting one way or another for the duration of its life.
assuming he sent that letter to him self, he going to jail. Supposedly the feds are looking into it.
Won't do anything bad to family, eh.
https://www.nydailynews.com/enterta...tt-2007-false-information-20190220-story.html
Oh. I'm still behind. I thought this was for attention bc the letter was ignored. If he also sent the letter.. luuuulZ
Just like anything, the feds don't have to pursue the case. Depends on how persuasive his lawyers can be and obviously the mercy of federal prosecutors.
Chicago police chief went in on Jussie today. 100% warranted too. Eddie Johnson is a good guy.
he send a letter using US post with white powder in it ... that's serious shit. I find it very unlikely they wouldn't pursue the case.
That'd be the end of him as a public figure, and he'll apparently do anything to be a public figure in order to do this thing in the first place. He'd probably be fired from empire within hours of that apology instead of still working there like he is now.
Has there ever been a case where apologizing for something like this lead to more people's forgiveness than there are skeptics turned to haters? The incentives aren't there for it, and maybe that's a problem.
Realistically no. Everyone says they want an apology, but as soon as it comes the comments will be:
"Too little too late"
"doesn't change anything"
"Apology wasn't good enough"
"I don't think he meant it..."
Etc...
Even if there were examples, this is one where apologies aren't going to amount to people shifting their views on him. What he did angered everyone for different reasons no matter where they're politically. Democrats despise him for trivializing a very serious issue in hate crimes against minorities and people in the LGBT community. And Republicans despise him for making up a story and trying to pin it on them.
Oh I know. But prosecutors don't go after every single infraction. He has a hotshot lawyer so he may be able to negotiate something if that is pinned on him.
I can't believe he's doubling (tripling?) down on this insanity. You guys are right in saying an apology isn't going to really help him, but it's going to be a hell of a lot better than maintaining his innocence right up to the moment the State and the Feds drop a nuke on him in court.
Own up to it and plead guilty. Idiot.
Own up to it and plead guilty. Idiot.
Don't think they did. They aren't arrested or suspects.
Also Trump Dragging Jussie and him not being able to provide a clapback to it all, is probably a bigger punishment to Jussie than jail. Ooops.
He's got a high profile lawyer who will probably be able to get his sentence reduced so he's going to keep this going. You can tell by his statement they're already trying to attack the leaks and other issues within the Chicago Police Department.
Really shitty that Empire and fox are just carrying on as if nothing happened and he's already back on set.
Im sure their legal team is advising them on what to do. He was literally just charged today. I know it's obvious to everyone and their momma that he's guilty as shit, but they have to tread lightly as his employers.
hes likely an at-will employee --
But -- I imagine for them the risk is if he is somehow absolved and they fire him.. Plus hes pretty well lawyer-ed up.
Serious? They are brushing this under the rug? This guy deserves jail time if anybody did,
"Hey Jussie, we're gonna need to film some green screen scenes of you falling off different height objects, just so we have options. And we need you to lie in this coffin very still."
I wonder if he gets charged for the letter if that would make a difference for FOX.
What he's currently being charged with happened outside of work and he's claiming his innocence, and no court verdict has been reached yet.
However, the letter was sent to his workplace, so he'd be facing charges for something that happened directly at his place of employment.
I think the whole using crushed ibuprofen and make it look like anthrax thing will fuck him more than anything he wrote lol.
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