Smollett’s former music manager, Brandon Moore, was not making any money from Smollett’s TV deal with Fox. He paid the brothers to stage the attack in order to raise Smollett’s profile. And kept Jussie in the dark. Why did the brothers go immediately to Nigeria? To collect their payment from Moore without it being traced back to Smollet.
Smollett’s former music manager, Brandon Moore, was not making any money from Smollett’s TV deal with Fox. He paid the brothers to stage the attack in order to raise Smollett’s profile. And kept Jussie in the dark. Why did the brothers go immediately to Nigeria? To collect their payment from Moore without it being traced back to Smollet.