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Jussie Smollett Investigation Takes a Strange Turn

Persons of interest are 'cordial' with actor: Lawyer

(Newser) - Chicago police say they have no information to suggest the reported attack on Empire's Jussie Smollett was staged, as ABC7 reported Thursday. "We have no evidence to support their reporting and their supposed CPD sources are uninformed and inaccurate," spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says in a tweet . Already...

Police Question 2 in Connection With Jussie Smollett Attack

They are believed to be the same men from an image released last month

(Newser) - Two men are being questioned in connection to the attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago, and police said Thursday they belive they are the same two men shown in an image from surveillance footage police released to the public shortly after the incident. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said...

Smollett 'Pissed Off' About People Doubting Attack

He says he's sure men in video were his attackers

(Newser) - Jussie Smollett has given his first interview since being attacked in Chicago on Jan. 29—and he says he's "pissed off" about suggestions he might have invented the attack. "At first, it was a thing of, like, 'Listen, if I tell the truth then that's...

Jussie Smollett Hits Back After Police Statement

Actor says he has cooperated fully with authorities

(Newser) - Actor Jussie Smollett on Tuesday dismissed any suggestion that he has been less than cooperative with police since the star of the Empire television drama reported he was attacked by two masked men in Chicago last month. Smollett's representatives issued a statement a day after police said the heavily...

Jussie Smollett: 'I Couldn't Let Those (Expletive) Win'

He had been urged to postpone Saturday concert, but went ahead with it

(Newser) - Jussie Smollett was blunt, emotional, and defiantly determined Saturday night at a Southern California concert some urged him not to play, telling the crowd before singing a note that he had to go on with the show because he couldn't let his attackers win. "The most important thing...

Jussie Smollett Releases First Statement After Attack

'I'm OK,' says the actor as investigation continues in Chicago

(Newser) - "I'm OK." That's the first thing Jussie Smollett wants supporters to know following reports that two men attacked him in Chicago. “My body is strong but my soul is stronger," the African-American gay actor tells Essence . The Empire star says he is fully cooperating...

White Powder Sent to Smollett Is Identified

It was aspirin; search continues for 2 people of interest

(Newser) - A threatening letter sent to Jussie Smollett in the days before the Empire actor was attacked in Chicago warranted a HAZMAT team, though the white powder it contained was ultimately found to be aspirin. The letter received Jan. 22 at Cinespace Studios, where Empire is filmed, is being investigated by...

Cops Flag 'Persons of Interest' in Jussie Smollett Attack

They were spotted near scene of Chicago attack

(Newser) - After going through hundreds of hours of surveillance camera footage, police in Chicago believe they have identified two "persons of interest" in Tuesday morning's vicious attack on Empire star Jussie Smollett . Police say the footage does not capture the actual attack—in which Smollett says he was beaten...

Police Still Looking for Footage of Jussie Smollett Attack

Chicago cops planning to expand search

(Newser) - After reviewing hundreds of hours of footage from downtown surveillance cameras, including privately-owned cameras near the scene, Chicago police have yet to find any footage of the alleged attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett . Smollett says he was walking downtown around 2am Tuesday when two masked men assaulted him, put...

Attackers Put Empire Star in Noose: Report

Jussie Smollett suffered fractured rib in Chicago attack: TMZ

(Newser) - Empire star Jussie Smollett was viciously attacked in Chicago early Tuesday in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. The African-American actor, who is openly gay and plays gay character Jamal Lyon on Empire, was leaving a Subway restaurant around 2am when he was recognized by two white...

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