BREAKING NEWS: Jussie Smollett now considered a suspect for filing false police report
Fallen Empire star now in the hot seat as the mastermind behind his own attack
Actor Jussie Smollett on Wednesday is now a suspect in the investigation regarding his alleged assault that took place in the early hours in Chicago on Jan. 29th.
It’s official. Actor Jussie Smollett on Wednesday is now considered a suspect in the investigation regarding his alleged assault that took place in the early hours in Chicago on Jan. 29th.
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Chicago police spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi wrote on Twitter:
Case Update: Jussie Smollett is now officially classified as a suspect in a criminal investigation by #ChicagoPolice for filing a false police report (Class 4 felony). Detectives are currently presenting evidence before a Cook County Grand Jury.
Case Update: Jussie Smollett is now officially classified as a suspect in a criminal investigation by #ChicagoPolice for filing a false police report (Class 4 felony). Detectives are currently presenting evidence before a Cook County Grand Jury. pic.twitter.com/FhDcbBKsuU
— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) February 20, 2019
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Empire star’s representatives declined to comment.
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This news comes just a day after Guglielmi released a statement Tuesday dismissing a tip that was received revealing that Smollett and the accomplices were in an elevator in the building on the same night of the attack since it did not support video evidence.
Since the incident, investigators have gone through hundreds of hours of surveillance video from where the entertainer said he was attack, but they have not found footage of him being assaulted.
Two men were identified as suspects, Abimbola “Abel” and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo were questioned last week, and based on the information that was provided by them to Guglielmi, it has “shifted the trajectory of the investigation.”
An increasing number of reports are leading to the belief that the alleged attack was a hoax, but Smollett’s lawyers said the actor is angry at those claims. He feels “victimized” by reports that he was involved in setting up in the attack.
“Nothing is further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise is lying,” attorneys representing Smollett from Pugh and Henderson said in a statement Saturday.
Spokeswoman for Smollett’s lawyers, Anne Kavanagh said that the actor is “keeping an active dialogue with Chicago police on his behalf.”
On Tuesday, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, and Chicago’s top prosecutor recused herself from the investigation. This also comes as surveillance video of the two brothers has been made public by TMZ, showing the Osundario brothers purchasing ski masks, red hats and other items from a local store that were allegedly used in the staged attack.
BREAKING: @ABC7Chicago obtains surveillance video that appears to show brothers involved in Smollett investigation leaving a Chicago store after buying items allegedly used in staged attack on Jussie Smollett. pic.twitter.com/YfKDDHuIpa
— Rob Elgas (@RobElgasABC7) February 20, 2019
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