Jussie Smollett: family says actor was victim of unprovoked 'hate crime'

Empire actor had been forthright with the police, family said in a statement as detectives recover surveillance footage

Jussie Smollett’s family have said the attack on the black and gay Empire actor in downtown Chicago this week was a “hate crime” and they pushed back against any suggestion that he was anything but honest with the police.

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