Empire Actor

• Smollett refuses to pay over $130K to reimburse costs of investigation: City of Chicago

  The City of Chicago says Jussie Smollett has refused to a sum of over $130,000 to reimburse costs of investigating what authorities say was a staged racist, anti-gay attack.

  Entertainment

  Apr 4, 2019
  
• Chicago seeking $130K from Jussie Smollett for cost of hate crime investigation

  A city official says Chicago is seeking $130,000 from "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to cover the costs of the investigation into his reported beating, which police say was staged.

  Entertainment

  Mar 28, 2019
  
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• Chicago prosecutor says Jussie Smollett ‘culpable’, but defends dropping charges

  Chicago's top prosecutor said that her office believed actor Jussie Smollett "culpable" in the criminal case but said her office never intended to seal the court records.

  Crime

  Mar 27, 2019
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• ‘Empire’ actor Terrence Howard takes to Instagram to show support for Jussie Smollett

  Howard took to Instagram on Saturday and posted a video of Smollett holding a giggling baby with the message: “All your lil homies got you.”

  Crime

  Feb 24, 2019
• Jussie Smollett case’s twists leave some baffled, others gleeful

  The narrative that just a week ago seemed cut-and-dry has become messy and divisive — and it’s all playing out again on social media.

  World

  Feb 17, 2019
• Chicago police seeking another interview with Jussie Smollett

  Police said Saturday that the investigation had “shifted” after detectives questioned two brothers about the attack and released them without charges.

  Entertainment

  Feb 17, 2019
• Brothers say Jussie Smollett paid them to carry out alleged attack: sources

  On Saturday, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told CBS Chicago : "We can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the Empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation."

  World

  Feb 16, 2019