what is we love you alex. that s very kind. thank you. reporter: tv star em broild in a hate crime scandal is eight. empire actor jussie smollett, gay and black, claimed to have been the target of a racist and homophobic attack. police say smollett staged the attack to gain attention. he took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. reporter: he was indicted on 16 felony counts but prosecutors later dropped all the charges. smollett maintains his innocence. i will not be my mother s son if i was capable of one drop of what i was accused of. reporter: he didn t return for the show s sixth and final season. a new type of battle brings us to number seven, the fight for your streaming views and subscription dollars. joining heavy hitters netflix and hulu are the new kids on the block, apple tv plus, disney
weather maybe a potential tornado yacht break. rachel, send it back to you inside. rachel: thank you, rick. turning now to additional headlines, nine people held hostage in southern california jewelry store. police say foyer men walked in wearing ski masks and hostages gunpoint. police arrested four men in connection with the to brazen robbery. the thieves getting away with $1.5 million of jewelry. thankfully, none of the hostages were seriously hurt. lawyers for disgraced actor jussie smollett are now filing a complaint against a lawsuit filed by the two brothers who claimed they participated in the actor s hate crime hoax. smollett convicted of orchestrating the hate crime served only days of his prison sentence before being released earlier this week. the brothers say smollett s attorney defamed them by claiming they were wearing white face while involved in the staged hate crime. such a weird story. the u.n. now says more than
smollett have rested their case. smollett, who s charged with six counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report, taking the stand in his own trial. prosecutors say smollett s story started to crumble when investigators began scrutinizing the details and smollett declined to foully cooperate. smollett taking the stand in his own trial, testifying the ordeal was not a hoax, calling the 0 sun dario brothers, who say they were hired to carry out the attack, liars and contradicting their testimony. then, smollett himself testified that he and one of the brothers had sexual encounters. 0 sun dario on the stand, saying, i don t recall. smollett on the witness stand for a day and a half testified the brothers tried to extort $2 million from him to, quote, go away, but during cross
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chesa s not it. recall chesa boudin now. breaking news the prosecution rested in the trial of former empire star jussie smollett after three days of testimony. the two brothers accused of attacking smollett say smollett staged the attack. smollett, who is gay told him to carry out a fake hate crime while claiming to be trump supporters to garner media attention, but smollett s attorney called for a mistrial and became emotional, saying the judge wouldn t allow him to continue a critical line of questioning for defense. she also claims the judge lunged