“The Osundairo brothers continue to deny that they made a deal with Chicago police but that’s been completely undermined and contradicted by former Chicago Police Chief Spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, who publicly said the Osundairos brokered a deal with CPD,” the statement reads.

According to reps for Smollett, the documentary neglected to include "witness tampering, a failure to run DNA found on the evidence, and the CPD's history of scandal."