jussie smollett attack

CHICAGO (AP) — A hearing is set in the city of Chicago’s effort to recover costs from actor Jussie Smollett after police said his claims of a racist and anti-gay attack were phony and staged. The status hearing Tuesday is the first since the lawsuit was moved to federal court from state court in July. […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police on Monday released more than 1,000 files from the investigation into Jussie Smollett’s claim he was attacked by two men, including video footage that for the first time shows the “Empire” actor with a thin, white rope wrapped around his neck that he told detectives was a noose. The footage […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors still insist Jussie Smollett faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in the hopes that the attention would advance his acting career. The “Empire” star still says he was assaulted by two men late at night in downtown Chicago. But with little explanation, authorities on Tuesday abruptly dropped all charges against […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The attorney for two brothers accused of helping stage an attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett in downtown Chicago says the men regret their involvement. Gloria Schmidt represents Abimbola “Abel” and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo. She told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the brothers agreed to help Smollett because of their friendship […]

[UPDATE] CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the attack reported by Jussie Smollett (all times local): 12:40 p.m. An LGBTQ rights group is calling on anyone who feels let down by the allegations against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett to channel their anger and disappointment into productive activism to fight hate crimes. The Human Rights Campaign […]

It’s nearly impossible to scroll social media without coming across a headline about Jussie Smollett. The Empire actor is engulfed in controversy after accusing two men of attacking him during a late night in Chicago. Smollett said he was punched in the face, had bleach poured on him and he suffered a bruise on his […]

  Updated 8:05 p.m. Multiple reports out of Chicago say the arrest in Jussie Smollett’s attack case have revealed that the actor and the two men arrested, Nigerians who were extras on the set of Empire, helped Smollett stage the attack as he feared he was being written out of the show. Chicago PD, via […]

Remember that surveillance picture of two men released by Chicago police in the Jussie Smollett case? Well, on Good Morning America today the “Empire” star says he’s certain they are the guilty ones. He claims those men in the photo screamed homophobic and racist epithets at him, tied a noose around his neck, poured bleach on him and […]

Jussie Smollett know some folks are doubting his claims of being the victim of an alleged racist and homophobic attack, so he’s sitting down with Good Morning America. In the first interview he’s given since his attack in Chicago, the Empire star got with Robin Roberts for an important chat that will air today on Good Morning America. […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Detectives reviewed surveillance footage of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett walking to his downtown Chicago apartment, but so far none of the video shows him being attacked by two masked men, although investigators have obtained images of people they would like to question, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted photos […]