Actor Jussie Smollett who claimed to have been a victim of a racially motivated attack has been found guilty of wasting police time and paying two brothers to
In January 2019, the star of the musical drama Empire made headlines around the world after it became known that he was attacked by two men, who shouted racial and homophobic abuse at him. A subsequent investigation revealed that he actually paid the two individuals to stage the crime for the sake of promoting his career.