Jussie Smollett's attorney Tina Glandian sat down for an interview with Today, where she explained why the Empire actor thought his attackers were white.
She explained, "He only saw one of the attackers. One of them he didn’t see. He saw one through a ski mask. Again, he could not see their body. Everything was covered, and he had a full ski mask on except the area around the eyes." Glandian added, "He did tell police ... from what we saw, he thought it was pale skin or white or pale skin, was I think what he said. And that’s why he initially did have a hard time."
When speaking specifically about the Osundairo brothers who said they were paid by Smollett to stage the attack, Glandian stated, "Obviously, you can disguise that. You can put makeup on. There is, interestingly enough, a video. You know, I think police had minimal investigation in this case, it took me only five minutes to Google. You know, I was looking up the brothers, and one of the videos that showed up actually was of the brothers in whiteface doing a Joker monologue with white makeup on him. So, it’s not implausible."
