Chicago, IL – Chicago police are investigating a attainable hate crime involving Empire actor Jussie Smollett. In line with CNN, Smollett was jumped within the wee hours Tuesday (January 29) by two assailants “yelling out racial and homophobic slurs.”
TMZ studies the 2 masked males screamed, “That is MAGA nation” in the course of the incident and requested, “Aren’t you that faggot f Empire?”
Smollett was bodily attacked and the alleged attackers “poured an unknown chemical substance on the sufferer” and likewise put a rope round his neck. Each rapidly fled the scene.
Within the 911 name obtained by The Blast, a buddy advised the dispatcher Smollett “was assaulted when he walked out his house.” The ficial famous the sufferer is “alleged to be well-known” and “noose” was positioned over his neck.
Because of this, Smollett was taken to Northwestern Hospital the place he was reportedly in “good situation.” He was launched a number of hours later.
“Given the severity the allegations, we’re taking this investigation very significantly and treating it as a attainable hate crime,” a police assertion stated.
Though the occasion appeared random, it’s attainable it was premeditated. Roughly eight days in the past, a letter focusing on Smollett was despatched to FOX Studios.
“You’ll die black fag,” it stated. Within the prime left nook the envelope, it seems to learn, “MAGA.”
Smollett has been on the favored FOX present since 2015. He performs homosexual singer Jamal and is a component the Lyons household. Like his character, Smollett additionally identifies as homosexual.
Chicago Police are investigating. Anybody with info is being requested to name Space Central Detectives at (312) 747-8382.