Empire actor Jussie Smollet could receive prison time if he is found to have filed a false report with the Chicago Police Department regarding his alleged attack last month.
Lawyers for Empire actor Jussie Smollett say their client is “angered” and “further victimized” by accusations that he staged his own assault in Chicago last month.
The Chicago Police Department believe Empire actor Jussie Smollett staged an attack on himself last month, according to a report.
The two men connected to the alleged staged attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett were released without charges late Friday due to “new evidence” resulting from their interrogation, the Chicago Police Department announced.
Michael Monico, the high-powered criminal defense attorney representing longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, revealed Thursday that he is also representing Empire star Jussie Smollett, the actor-singer reports indicate may have been involved in staging an attack on himself last month.
The identities of two brothers connected to an investigation into the alleged staged attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett were revealed Friday.
Two men in connection with the alleged staged attack of Empire actor Jussie Smollett could be charged as early as Friday, according to a report.
According to a new report, Chicago police are investigating the possibility that actor Jussie Smollett worked with two men to stage an attack against him last month.
Reporter Charlie De Mar is reporting that the two men who allegedly attack Jussie Smollett are of Nigerian descent and appeared as extras on the FOX drama Empire, a show on which Smollett is a starring actor.
The Chicago Police Department is questioning two persons of interest in connection to the alleged assault of Empire actor Jussie Smollett last month, a law enforcement spokesman said Thursday.
In his first interview since his alleged assault, Empire actor Jussie Smollett is denying his attackers were motivated by a “date gone bad,” calling the suggestion “ridiculous” and “offensive.”
Actor Jussie Smollett said in his interview since his alleged attack that people who doubt his story about being brutally attacked by President Trump supporters in Chicago would believe him if his attackers were minorities.
Actor Jussie Smollett said in a new interview that he is angry at people who don’t “want to see the truth” about an alleged racial attack that he claims to be a victimized of.
Empire actor Jussie Smollett welled up in his first interview since his alleged attack last Month. The sit-down, conducted by ABC News’ Robin Roberts, is slated to air Thursday morning.
The Chicago Police Department said Monday that they do not have enough evidence to launch a criminal investigation into the alleged assault of Empire actor Jussie Smollett after he turned over “limited and redacted phone records” to detectives.
Ford Motor Company is planning to add about 500 additional American jobs to its manufacturing plants in the Chicago metro area, executives have announced.
A bill being pushed by State Rep. Daniel Didech (D-Buffalo Grove) would require gun license applicants to submit to a background check of their social media posts.
Actor and singer Jussie Smollett returned to the stage in Los Angeles on Saturday night, days after he claimed to be the victim of an allegedly racially charged attack on the street in Chicago.
Empire actor Jussie Smollett on Friday spoke out for the first time since he was allegedly physically attacked in Chicago by men shouting racial and homophobic insults, affirming he has been “100% factual and consistent” with his story.
Newly-announced presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) called on the House of Representatives this week to pass legislation that would designate lynching a federal hate crime — re-upping the bill, which passed the Senate in December, in response to an alleged attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett.
A Good Samaritan offered to foot the bill for hotel rooms for 70 of Chicago’s homeless camping out in tents as the city experienced historically low temperatures, with some areas experiencing wind chills of 56 degrees below zero.
The family of Empire actor Jussie Smollett issued a statement on Thursday condemning his alleged assault as a “racial and homophobic hate crime” and called on law enforcement to treat the matter as domestic terrorism.
Jussie Smollett’s neighbor claims she saw a man resembling a redneck near the entrance to their apartment complex before the alleged attack.
After poring through hundreds of hours of surveillance video, police found footage of two people who were in the vicinity of the attack around the time it allegedly occurred.
Actor Jussie Smollett is reportedly refusing to turn over his cell phone to police as they continue to probe an alleged attack against him.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel weighed in on the alleged attack against actor Jussie Smollett, as surveillance footage show blurry images of individuals police are calling persons of interest.
Chicago police are now asking for the city’s help in finding persons of interest related to the alleged attack earlier this week against actor Jussie Smollett.
The Chicago Police Department says it has found no “obvious people” who could be suspects in the attack on actor Jussie Smollett.
Chicago-area residents amused themselves in the midst of near-record-cold on Wednesday by taking boiling water outside, throwing it into the air, watching it freeze before it hit the ground, then sharing the video on social media.
Chicago has officially broken its coldest record for January 30 as a deadly arctic blast freezes large swaths of the Midwest.
