Colorado prosecutors have charged three people for allegedly staging a Jussie Smollett-esque hate crime in order to benefit the Nigerian-American now-mayor of Colorado Springs during his 2023 race.
A Senegalese migrant living in Italy who claimed to have been the victim of a racist attack has now confessed he lied about the entire affair, saying he stabbed himself.
CHICAGO (AP) — A deadline is looming for Jussie Smollett to pay more than $130,000 to Chicago for investigative costs into what city authorities say was a staged racist, anti-gay attack or risk getting slapped with a civil lawsuit.
Ratings for the Fox television show Empire are plummeting after its star, Jussie Smollett was arrested for apparently staging a fake hate crime attack against himself.
Lee Daniels, co-creator of the Fox TV show “Empire,” stealthily deleted an Instagram video this week about the “attack” against Jussie Smollett.
Democratic presidential contender Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) says that the fact that Hollywood actor Jussie Smollet’s “hate crime” story turned out to be a hoax should not distract from the larger truth of rising hate crimes.
CNN personality Don Lemon described his phone call with Empire star Jussie Smollett on the night of his hoaxed “attack” on air Wednesday, saying that while he spoke to the actor that night, many others had doubts about his story.
The department launched an urgent investigation into Jussie Smollett’s allegations in January, including a search through footage from surveillance cameras from an entire neighborhood over several weeks.
CNN personality Don Lemon worried about how conservatives would react to Jussie Smollett’s alleged hate hoax Wednesday night, saying that President Trump and conservative media are going to “eat his lunch.”
