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Jussie Smollett was charged by Chicago police on a class 4 felony for filing a false police report, and turned himself in early this morning.
In a press briefing, Chicago Police Chief Eddie T. Johnson, revealed that the Empire actor paid $3,500 to stage the attack because he was “dissatisfied with his salary”. He said that Smollett tried to get attention by sending a fake racist letter to his work place at first, but when that didn’t work he paid to stage an attack and “drag Chicago’s reputation through the mud in the process.” Johnson continued to call the attack a “hoax” and a “shameful… publicity stunt”.