Ola Osundairo, one of Jussie Smollett’s alleged attackers, is arrested for speeding

Ola Osundairo, one of the brothers who allegedly assaulted former Empire actor Jussie Smollett, was arrested last Sunday.

Osundairo was pulled over after he was clocked on radar going 81 miles per hour in a 45 miles per hour zone in Orland Park, IL, a suburb of Chicago, according to TMZ. 

Illinois is one of many states where, if you’re caught speeding more than 25 mph over the limit, you’re placed under arrest, which is what happened to Osundairo.

Osundairo was taken into the Orland Park Police Station and booked for a Class A misdemeanor for speeding 35+ over the posted limit.

He was bailed out of jail and released later that night, though his attorney Gloria Schmidt says he plans to file a complaint against the officers.

The complaint is because they towed the Jeep he was driving, instead of releasing it to his girlfriend, whose name is on the vehicle’s insurance card. 

In a video of the arrest, Osundairo was told by one of the officers that he was to be put under arrest, but Osundairo asked if there was ‘proof’ he was really going 81.

The officers say they have it on video in their squad, and he adds, ‘If I can see that I’ll go,’ though when the officers asked if he didn’t think he was going 81, he said he couldn’t have been going that fast because he was only in ‘fourth gear.’

‘My car was in gear four, it can’t reach 80 in gear four,’ Osundairo tells the cops, but when they ask what year the car was, the woman (presumably his girlfriend) who was recording the incident says it was a 2015 Jeep.

The officer says there is a ‘3.6 litre engine in this car’, as his partner maintains he is ‘a Jeep guy’ as he adds you could probably get to 95 in fourth gear. 

The partner says he’s, ‘trying to make this process as smooth as I can for you,’ as Osundairo is seen getting ready to get out of the car.

The video then cuts to some time later from the passenger’s seat looking out, as officers are putting handcuffs on Osundairo and taking him into custody.

The police report also claims that Osundairo told the officers, ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ but neither of the officers knew who he was.

That interaction is not on the video, and Osundairo and his attorney are denying that it ever happened.

Ola and his brother, Abel Osundairo, reportedly helped stage the “attack” on Smollett with the actor himself, to try and further his career.

Smollett was indicted by a Cook County grand jury on six counts of filing false police reports in February, while the Osundairo brothers filed a federal defamation lawsuit against Smollett’s legal team, after they claimed one of the brothers was in a sexual relationship with Smollett.