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Kim Foxx, the prosecutor who dropped the disorderly conduct charges against Jussie Smollett, explained the circumstances that allowed for the case’s dismissal in an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune. The Cook County state’s attorney defended her office’s decision to drop the 16 felony counts, noting that she welcomes an outside investigation into the matter, should it lack political motivation. Smollett […]
Empire co-creator Lee Daniels took to Instagram on Wednesday to briefly discuss how the ongoing Jussie Smollett case has impacted himself, the cast, and the hit Fox TV series as a whole. “These past couple of weeks have been a freakin’ rollercoaster,” Daniels said. “We have, me and my cast have experienced pain and anger and sadness […]
The Chicago Police Department has launched an internal investigation into the leaked information from the Jussie Smollett case that has been relayed to the media. “I would like to point out that a lot of the information out there was inaccurate and there were numerous agencies involved in this investigation,” Chicago P.D. Sergeant Rocco Alioto said […]
Jussie Smollett reportedly told authorities he is suffering from an untreated drug problem. According to TMZ, the 36-year-old actor made the claim Thursday, after surrendering to police on a felony count of disorderly conduct for filing a false report. The outlet points out that this detail may be relevant to the case, as Smollett is believed to have purchased […]
Jussie Smollett has reportedly staved off a grand jury investigation after he agreeing to speak with authorities about his alleged assault in January. TMZ says brothers Ola and Abel Osundairo, accused of helping Smollett stage the attack, were in a Chicago courthouse Tuesday ready to testify for the grand jury. But shortly before the Osundairos took the stand, Smollett […]
Singer-songwriter and Empire star Jussie Smollett was hospitalized earlier this week following an assault that’s being investigated as a racist and homophobic hate crime. The assault allegedly took place around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning outside a Subway in Chicago, with TMZ reporting at the time two white men in ski masks shouted “this is MAGA country” at the […]
Police are looking for a vandal who scribbled a racist slur on New York City’s African Burial Ground monument. The Lower Manhattan monument marks the spot where as many as 15,000 Africans were buried between 1690 and 1794. The grounds were used because Africans, both enslaved and freed, weren’t allowed to be buried in cemeteries. […]
