Newly unsealed Jussie Smollett court files reveal his bond slip and how Kim Foxx asked the Attorney General HERSELF to be investigated over her controversial handling of the case - but 600 pages of police remain secret
- 250 pages of files from the Cook County Criminal Court emerged on Thursday
- They contain little of note other than legal back and forth between the media, Smollett's attorneys and prosecutors
- It does reveal that Kim Foxx asked the Office of the Inspector General for a review of her case
- In its response, it said that she had in the past resisted such a review
- They also reveal that he was banned from speaking to brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo as part of his bail conditions
The newly unsealed Jussie Smollett court files that were released late on Thursday reveal little of note from the Empire actor's case but show how the State's Attorney asked the Office of the Inspector General's to investigate her handling of it.
The files were made public on Thursday by a judge who agreed with media lawyers that Smollett had no right to privacy because he had spoken openly about the case to defend himself.
The Cook County court record was unsealed and contained 250 pages of previously unseen paperwork but nothing in it was of particular note.
Smollett' bond slip is shown. He paid $9,900 to the city and $100 to the court clerk
Six hundred pages of Chicago PD work, however, remains secret.
It is likely to be made public next week, once officers have had a chance to review what it and upload it to its website following an order from the court which it has not yet received.
That, it is believed, will contain the apparently damning evidence which a grand jury saw and used to indict Smollett on 16 counts of felony lying to the police.
The Jussie Smollett case files were released on Thursday
When the charges against him were dropped in March, Mayor Rahm Emanuel fumed about the public not being able to see what the grand jury saw to indict the star.
Among the document which did become public on Thursday was SA Kim Foxx's letter to the Office of the Inspector General, asking for a review.
In its response to her, they noted, interestingly, that she had in the past refused such a review.
It is unclear what other cases were up for investigation. The Office of the Inspector General did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for clarification on Friday morning.
Smollett's bond slip is also contained.
It shows how he paid $9,990 to the city, with $100 going to the court clerk, after being arrested in February.
In a response to Kim Foxx's office, the Office of the Inspector General said she had 'previously objected to the exercise of jurisdiction' of its office
Cook County Judge Steven Watkins made the decision on Thursday, saying Smollett did not have a right to privacy anymore because both he and his lawyers have spoken in the media about the case.
He ruled how Smollett 'voluntarily appeared on national television for an interview speaking about the incident in detail.'
'After the March 26 dismissal, he voluntarily stood in front of cameras from numerous news organizations in the courthouse lobby and spoke about the case.
'On several occasions, attorneys for Defendant, presumably with his authorization, appeared on various media outlets speaking about the case.
'These are not the actions of a person seeking to maintain his privacy or simply be let alone,' he said in his order, referring to Smollett's lawyers media tour after the charges were dropped.
Before he was charged, he went on Good Morning America to insist he was telling the truth and even after the charges were dropped, his lawyers continued doing the media rounds to protest his innocence.
Media lawyer Natalie Spears asked the court to unseal them, claiming Smollett's behavior throughout the proceedings took away from his right to privacy.
She argued for the decision on May 16. Smollett's attorneys have not yet responded to it.
Also contained in the file are Smollett's attorneys replies to requests from the City for him to foot the $130,000 bill of the police investigation.
Brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo say Smollett paid them to attack him and that they did not know he would call the police
Kim Foxx, the Cook County State's Attorney, is facing a special prosecutor investigation into how she handled the case from the beginning.
In the days after Smollett reported being attacked, she exchanged text messages with his relatives and one of their associates, a former Obama aide, to try to wrestle the case out of the Chicago PD's hands to turn it over to the FBI.
Foxx has maintained that she did nothing wrong.
Her office has stated publicly that they believe Smollett was guilty but they say they opted to give him 'deferred prosecution' which means he has no criminal record.
Smollett paid $10,000 in bond forfeiture and did 16 hours of community service.
After the charges were dropped, the former mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, called the decision a 'whitewash of justice' and the police Chief Superintendent, Eddie Johnston, also shared his astonishment.
Rather than retreating from public, Smollett's attorneys continued to give interviews on his behalf to maintain his innocence.
They also hit back at threats from the city to sue him for the cost of the police investigation.
Now, they are being sued by brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo who are the men who beat him up on January 29 at 2am.
They say it was at his request. He says he did not know why they did it and that he didn't recognize them at the time.
Smollett said he could not make out of his attackers' faces but that the skin between the eyes of one of them appeared to be 'white or pale', according to his attorneys.
The attorneys have since suggested that the brothers - who are Nigerian - may have been wearing white face.
