Jussie Smollett
11 Mar 2022
US actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to almost five months in prison Thursday after being found guilty of falsely telling police he was the victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime in 2019 -- an attack prosecutors said he himself staged. The gay 39-year-old African-American was found guilty in December of "planning" the fake…
14 Jul 2020
“Empire” actor Bryshere Gray was arrested Monday morning in Arizona and is accused of assaulting his wife and refusing to talk to police for hours according to a report by NBC News. Gray, 26, was taken into custody at 7 a.m. by officers in the Phoenix suburb of Goodyear, roughly nine hours after authorities responded…
15 Apr 2020
In 2019, actor Jussie Smollett had claimed to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack near his Chicago apartment. The "Empire" actor had told police the two attackers made reference to Make America Great Again (MAGA) – the slogan often used by President Donald Trump and his supporters. An investigation into the alleged January…
22 Nov 2019
Abimbola "Abel" Osundairo one-half of the Nigerian brothers involved the Jussie Smollett alleged staged homophobic and racist attack has scored himself a film role. Abel will be playing the lead role "Dushon" in an upcoming film titled "Friends, Family & Lovers" TMZ reports. The film is directed and co-written by Michael Ballard, who also co-wrote…
2 Jul 2019
Some few months ago, the media was in a frenzy with the news that Hollywood actor, Jussie Smollett was attacked in a homophobic and racist attack. A few weeks down the line and according to an investigation by the Chicago police and the attack was reported as a fake and staged one despite the "Empire"…
28 Apr 2019
President of the United States, Donald Trump is not known to be a man who minces words when he expressed an opinion and it is with this trait of his that he unloaded on embattled Hollywood actor Jussie Smollett and Chicago prosecutors who dropped criminal charges against the screen star. Trump while speaking at a…
5 Apr 2019
The City of Chicago is planning on suing Jussie Smollett after the actor refused to pay for the investigation of the hate crime he reported which turned out to be fabricated by Smollett. Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel's law chief sent a letter to Smollett demanding he reimburse the city for the funds they used…
14 Mar 2019
Empire star Jussie Smollett, who was accused by Chicago police of staging a hate crime against himself in January, pleaded not guilty on Thursday after he was indicted on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct by a grand jury. Smollett was initially charged with one felony count of disorderly conduct, stemming from accusations that he…
13 Mar 2019
Embattled Hollywood actor, Jussie Smollett made an appearance in court yesterday, March 12. The "Empire" star who has been laying low since his arrest for allegedly filing a false police report was seen walking confidently into a Cook County Courthouse for a hearing he did not have to attend. The hearing is meant for his…
25 Feb 2019
Empire star, Terrence Howard has expressed that he's got Jussie Smollett's back anytime. Days after Smollett was arrested for allegedly filing a false police report, and then dropped from the final two episodes of Empire's season, Howard took to Instagram to express his support to his onscreen son. "All your lil homies got you... We…
23 Feb 2019
American advocacy groups and police have a shared concern over the fallout from allegations that an openly gay black TV actor faked a hate-motivated assault: that future victims will face more scepticism even as hate crimes are on the rise. Chicago police have accused Jussie Smollett of engineering an elaborate hoax to exploit Americans' anxieties…
23 Feb 2019
According to a report, Jussie Smollett did not pay the Nigerian brothers, Ola and Abel Osundairo $3,500 to fake an attack. The Police has said that the duo of Ola and Abel were paid by the now embattled actor to fake the attack but celebrity site, TMZ, reports that they were paid for a different thing entirely. The report says…
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