Category: Hate Crime
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Jussie Smollett staged attack to ‘promote his career’, police claims
Empire actor Jussie Smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted to promote his career, Chicago’s police superintendent has said.
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Jussie Smollett Suspected for Filing False Reports to Police
The actor now faces potential charges from the Chicago police. A grand jury is empaneled and hearing evidence.
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Jussie Smollett Suspects Released Without Charge After «New Evidence»
The initial arrest made in connection with the attack on Jussie Smollett just keeps getting weirder, vanityfair.com reports.
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Jussie Smollett: two brothers arrested in connection with hate crime
Chicago police say they are questioning two ‘potential suspects’, one of whom has worked on Empire.
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Schoolboy badly beaten up after confronting homophobic bullies
‘This was a cowardly attack on a young man,’ says chief inspector Phil Spurgeon.
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Jussie Smollett defends his account of alleged hate attack as «100% factual»
«Empire» actor says he was victim of racist and homophobic attack in Chicago