Actor Jussie Smollett has been arrested after he was charged with lying to police when he claimed he was attacked and beaten by two masked men shouting racist and homophobic slurs, Chicago police said. Smollett, a 36-year-old black, openly gay actor on the hip-hop TV drama "Empire," told police on Jan. 29 that two apparent supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump had struck him, put a noose around his neck and poured bleach over him. Smollett is in the custody of detectives, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said on Thursday, ...
Feb 21, 2019

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The tables have turned on Jussie Smollett, and not in a good way: The "Empire" actor and R&B singer, who told Chicago police he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack on a downtown street last month, has been charged with disorderly conduct for filing a false police report about the ...
Feb 20, 2019

actor Jussie Smollett is now considered a “suspect” for filing a false police report, evidence of which has been presented before a grand jury, a Chicago Police Department spokesman announced on Wednesday./ Case Update: Jussie Smollett is now officially classified as a suspect in a criminal ...
Feb 20, 2019

star Jussie Smollett was arrested police early Thursday after he was charged with allegedly filing a false police report – weeks after he that he was the victim of a horrific racist and homophobic attack. Chicago police announced about 5:30 a.m. that Smollett was taken into custody for the ...
Feb 21, 2019

Three weeks after Jussie Smollett said he'd been the victim of a hate crime, the "Empire" star found himself in police custody, charged with filing a false police report. USA TODAY looks at the major developments in the investigation into the actor's alleged assault. Jan. 29: Smollett files ...
Feb 21, 2019

has been charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly faking his own purported attack and faces up to three years in jail if convicted - the latest twist to a real-life drama that has gripped the nation. Three weeks after the 36-year-old actor filed a police report saying he had been attacked ...
Feb 21, 2019

Judge Lyke was taken aback by the allegations outlined against Smollett even as he told the actor he has the presumption of innocence. “The most vile and despicable part of it, if it’s true, is the noose," said Lyke, who is black. "That symbol conjures up such evil in this country’s history." ...
Feb 22, 2019

on himself because he was unhappy about his pay on the hit Fox show, Chicago police said Thursday. The actor turned himself into police early Thursday after he was charged Wednesday night with in filing a false police report. He was released Thursday afternoon after posting a $100,000 bond set ...
Feb 22, 2019

Jussie Smollett's character Jamal will not appear in the final two episodes of Empire, the Fox show's executive producers have said. Smollett has been charged with filing a false police report after alleging he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack, authorities have said. Police ...
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