Two black [[white supremacist]]s later admitted they were paid $3,500 to carry out the assault on Smollett.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/04/us/census-browning-of-america-myth-blake/index.html</ref><ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jussie-smollett-trial-fake-attack-testimony/ Man testifies that Jussie Smollett paid him to "fake beat him up"], CBS, Dec 2, 2021</ref> On the witness stand Smollett testified that he had consensual sex with the two black white supremacists that assaulted him. | Two black [[white supremacist]]s later admitted they were paid $3,500 to carry out the assault on Smollett.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/04/us/census-browning-of-america-myth-blake/index.html</ref><ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jussie-smollett-trial-fake-attack-testimony/ Man testifies that Jussie Smollett paid him to "fake beat him up"], CBS, Dec 2, 2021</ref> On the witness stand Smollett testified that he had consensual sex with the two black white supremacists that assaulted him. |