Actor Jussie Smollett is still rejecting claims by Chicago police officials that his alleged hate crime was a “hoax.”
In the Netflix documentary “The Truth About Jussie Smollett?” the “Empire” star talks about the legal case regarding the incident he allegedly staged, according to NBC News.
NewsNation learned never-before-heard details of how the investigation turned from looking at Smollett as a victim to looking at him as a suspect.
In 2019, Smollett claimed he was a victim of a reported racist and anti-gay attack outside his Chicago apartment. As police investigated the incident, the actor turned from victim to the prime suspect in a criminal probe.
Smollett claimed two men attacked him, putting a noose around his neck and dousing him with bleach. The Chicago Police Department treated it as a possible hate crime, assigning dozens of detectives to the case.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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