Well, well, well, the City of Chicago has made good on its threat to sue Jussie Smollett for overtime costs incurred by its Police Department while investigating his hoax hate crime report. Rob Elgas, a reporter for the ABC affiliate in Chicago, tweeted that “the City of Chicago has filed a civil complaint against Jussie […] More
From the “life imitates art imitates life imitates art” ad nauseam file, when I read this headline — “Jussie Smollett is nominated for NAACP Image Award” — I thought it had to be satire, but noooo. Two days after Smollett walked free on 16 felony counts related to his January hoax hate crime — with no guilty plea — […] More
Less than two weeks after “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about a hate crime, prosecutors have dropped charges in the case. A judge also granted a motion to seal the case. Also, Smollett kicked his $10,000 bond/bail money to the City of […] More
In yet another wrinkle to the Jussie Smollett “hoax hate crime” case that’s raising some eyebrows, USA Today reported this week that the former chief of staff for Michelle Obama pushed to get the Chicago Police Department to turn over its Smollett investigation to the FBI. The Chicago PD’s investigation eventually resulted in the actor […] More
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. According to TheWrap, Empire fell a whole 29 percent in viewers from a comparable episode last year. Wednesday’s hour was down 13 percent in both the demo and for the overall audience versus the fall […] More
