A law enforcement source told ABC News the brothers arrested in the alleged attack on the “Empire” star told authorities Smollett staged it because he was upset over a threatening letter.
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Feds investigating whether Jussie Smollett played a role in sending threatening letter sent to ‘Empire’ studios addressed to him
Smollett, who portrays a gay musician on Fox’s “Empire,” said the attack happened on Jan. 29 at around 2 a.m. as he was leaving a Subway restaurant in Chicago. He told police that two attackers got his attention by yelling racial and homophobic slurs at him and then put a noose around his neck and poured an unknown substance, likely bleach, on him, according to an initial police incident report.
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