Jussie Smollett was recently involved in a major controversy. Jussie Smollett, actor on Empire, claimed to have been involved in a hate crime when two men assaulted him and shouted homophobic and racial slurs towards him, wrapping a noose around his neck and covering him in a chemical substance Smollett believed to be bleach. Smollett filed a report to the police around 2 in the morning, saying he was assaulted by two men who he described were white males who not only assaulted him but told him "MAGA Country." However we find this not to be true when the attackers told detectives Smollett staged this.
This offended many because he faked a hate crime and hurt those who have actually been victims to racial hate crimes and/or sexuality hate crimes. He also hurt the brothers he hired to do the hate crime on him because they were arrested after returning to Nigeria, which may remain on their record. There is speculation that Smollett's purpose of this was to receive more money for each episode he had on Empire because he was unhappy he was being paid less than the other actors. Either way, Smollett is also being faced with a felony charge for his actions.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/empire-actor-jussie-smolletts-faked-racial-attack-really-happened/
I feel like if he wanted to be paid better their were way better ways to do that like, why fake a crime?
ReplyDeleteThis entire situation is very messy and confusing with some people claiming that the Chicago Police Department is withholding some information and releasing other info.
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