"Empire" star breaks his silence in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts."Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Tuesday by a special prosecutor in Chicago investigating allegations he bogusly reported being the victim of a January 2019 hate-crime attack, officials said.
Smollett, 37, was indicted by special prosecutor Dan Webb, who was appointed by a Cook County judge to continue looking into his false allegations after the Cook County State’s Attorney Office dropped all charges against the actor, a source close to Smollett told ABC news.
Smollett wanted attention and he got it.
Sorry ABC. I know this ruins your day.
Let's find out who put the idea of doing that in his head!
If he apologized and paid for the investigation it would have been over. Instead said f the city and I’m still a victim. cancelled
What a doofus. Way to screw your own future.
Allegations 😂 the world knows it’s a hoax - everyone except for you apparently
Give it a rest.
bogusly
AWESOME!!!! KARMA.
What Smollett did was a hate crime. Stirring up racial hatred and violence.
A fake actor, a fake person a fake complain. Make sense.
How stupid can one person be...hmm
OBAMA stooge
Who cares. This you tweet about but not FISA abuse
Where is the same justice for those two frauds who bogusly reported being victims of abuse while seeking 1,5 billion $ You know who I am talking about. When you will report that hoax
Well deserved!
He is chopped liver, nothing else.
About damn time
Haul his ass off for trying to incite racial conflict! Wouldn’t be surprised if he claimed racism that he was convicted
Perhaps Justice finally
Let's make sure everyone that files a false report gets the same treatment.
There you go.... we hate you fake
Bye felicia. Thanks for giving real victims of hate crimes a bad name.
Well, you asked for it...….you got it.
I hope he get that Trump treatment for lying. Jussie should have a say in whether witnesses should be called. Will all witnesses refuse to show up- let’s get this case in the rear view for this man. Let him live.
Do you think his trial will be over in time for him to become the Democrats vice presidential candidate?
Out of all the things ChicagoPolice and the CPD could be focused on like maybe the carjackings, smash and grabs, robberies in Lincoln Park, Hyde Park, Forest Park and everywhere else they still focused on Jussie smh Chicago
Should be charged same as hate crime.
Vote Foxx out!
Good throw the book and sink at him. LockHimUp
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Finally some news that restores some hope for US
I believe the indictment is racially motivated.
Oh really I forgot all about this. Like seriously, is it THAT important? Maybe he was trying to get attention to make more money being a star. Just like Trump did running for President hoping he'd get attention for his shows. They both failed. Difference is, one got away...
The source close to Smollett
It's about time!!!!
Wowww that's very interesting, 1 WEEK BEFORE ELECTION SPECIAL PROSECUTOR INDICTED JussieSmollett that's all POLITICAL MOTIVATED SO KimFoxx CAN LOST THE ELECTION, SHINING THE LIGHT ON CHICAGO CORRUPTION, SORRY KIM, ITS JUST POLITICS 😄🇺🇸
Send that special prosecutor to Washington DC get rid of the wickedness and corruption in the White House and Senate🤔
The real news told us 7 months ago.
IndictedForLife
SweetGaelicGirl MichelleObama and KamalaHarris will defend JussieSmollett pro bono... No? Really? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😅
Free Jussie
justiceforjucy
Really...Really...oh come on....
Prison time.
I am tired of hearing about Smollett. Boring then, boring now!
Yes!! Good-bye!! Get out of here!!! Bye-bye!! So long!! What-e-ver!!
About darn time.
Jussie 😂😂
LoriinUtah Justice for Juicy!!
Uh oh. That little cutie ain’t gonna do too well in prison.
reminder that chicago pd is a terror group that has a long record of making up lies against black people
When will he be back on with Robin to cry?
Omg just get over it now. He is a tool and I’m sure he will never lie again. Just move on
This is the doing of the DOJ thru 45. A victimless crime being taken to the extreme. This man didn’t murder rape or assault anyone but himself. Smh
TruthSeekerQSD Fake news is ABC.
Fuck that. DaveChappelle named him Juicy so his name is Juicy the famous French actor. On behalf of the Black Delegation, we would like to trade him for Sethrogen in the next racial draft. Also, we'll swap RealCandaceO for AnnaKendrick47. Deal?
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Wow took them long enough
Oh right lets rollout this guy now for somemore distraction. Wanna know were the devil lives look no farther.
This is another example to turn off the Liberally biased FakeNews like ABC News, THEY helped make the Smollett hate crime news as an anti-Trump weapon. As a Trump supporter I am very happy to see this hate crime prosecuted. Finally. StopTheBias
Hey maybe GMA and RobinRoberts can do a follow up interview
Indicted. Now he can claim the gay 2pac status... 😂
How sad to report this ABC, isn't it ?
GOOD
Finally.
Great news. He deserves to be prosecuted for what he did.
Good. He deserves some consequences. He clearly lied.
Well he did it to himself I don't feel bad for him
This was a heinous act. There are true victims of the world and in our country who experience crimes of hate that will be affected. to use these horrific actions as a gimmick to get more money from an employer, how was that even going to work, needs to pay public restitution.
They don't make them much more scum baggish than this guy.
Good, he deserves it. Now do Trump!
Throw the book at him!! Let others know these kind of phantom crimes will not be tolerated.
Good!!
America how about some real hate crimes
This is NOT fake news!
The truth always comes out....even if you have the MichelleObama BarackObama and the MSM behind you
Free the homie jussie.
Zigmanfreud About time.
I heard there is a 5ex traffick1ng prosecutor involved. Is this true? If so, why?
Well deserved 🙏
I hope he gets prison time. Not just for faking the hate crime, but for expecting ppl to believe white dudes were in Chicago wearing MAGA hats and carrying rope and no one Also that 2 alleged white racists actually watch empire. I mean if ur gonna lie, lie smart.
The best part about all this is that Democrats are planning on giving Kim Foxx another term, despite the fact she threw out the case, knowing her connections with Smollett family
It’s been a year. Why are they still dragging this out?
But police officers literally get away with murder
Next up ! Diamond Eugene - - DiamondEugene who is RachelJeantel
I thought this was over already..They came back on his ass like..
CPD is about as slow in this as they are with there homicides. 🤷🏿♂️
Amber5150 !!!
Not fake news! YAY!
Lucy24Smith Still think Q anon is bulk crap? This is only going to snow ball onto the world where ABC and the rest have no ability to suppress or hide what all of us already know. We are the news now!
As the saying goes “better late than never”.
It was due, KimFoxx lost credibility of us Chicagoans when she let him walk away...
Uh oh
This was the right thing to do!
White people have more to say in this case then any other case involving black people. Ya’ll can go F yourself. Jussie too.
While realDonaldTrump intervenes in Roger Stones case.
Somebody give this dude some attention
Time to update our Oscars 'In Memoriam For The Cancelled' slideshow. Danng, JussieSmollett - pouring one out for you, again. Full career memoriam here:
jleeannis Based on the info available to me I felt he committed a crime and the he had been “allowed” to get away with it. Glad to see/hear of this development.
👍👍👍👍👍Good Now how about all those politicians involved too!
johncarroll631
It’s about time. Let’s see who is behind him in this false accusation
Hard to believe the last lynching in this country will end up being a black man who lynched himself with the help of 2 other black men, so the first one could get a raise. JussieSmolletthoax
simoncrips
Noooo! Not juicy!!!
Juicy!!!
Bogusly? That’s a word?
Good
And yet Trump and his cronies are still able to affect our lives.
NEW: Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office issues statement on Jussie Smollett indictment.
southerncharme7 If he would have simply gone silently versus run his mouth for the purpose of creating street cred. He probably would have none of this going on right now.
Not during black history month 🤦🏽♀️
So funny
Lol What goes around comes around eventually
In the Democrat's own words this was a modern-day lynching. MAGA
awesomeness! Now what about Fox and 'heels up Harris'?
It's about time, but it's already cost him everything...
LOCK HIM UP..!!.DONT LET JUICY AND HIS BOGUS ALLEGATIONS MAKE A MOCKERY OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT..!!
Poor Juicy 😔
Watch Birds of Prey in theaters now
Hallelujah!
Justice...
That was... acting
I think this is a bigger story...
Jussie wanted to be part of the A listers . Yes, he made a poor decision but where is his buddies now the ones who previously were so supportive and vocal? Hollywood is so superficial no depth in their character!
Dang, Juicy Smoo-yay may get a tougher time than Roger Stone.
Good
At least his sister still doing well in the new Birds of Prey movie
Hrs the reason Empire didn’t have a season finale. I watched every season except this one!
He ruined his career. For what? More money ,more acknowledgement or dislike of Trump? Or all the above.
His problems aren’t going away
Dan Webb - prosecutor ties to Rudy G. Oh the tangled Webb we weave.
Good! Now put this asshole in the cage for a while!
aijuswanasang27 they can’t let my man live!!!
Welp 🤷♀️
You guys should get Robin Roberts to interview him again. I mean, it went so swell the last time. 😭😭😭
ha! got himmmm, don't go around making up fake stories
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Okay girl like can we just move on. Who literally got hurt from this “crime” taking place? No one.
Great. Now indict some police officers who shot unarmed citizens
Thanks goodness!
Here we go again...they got Juicy Smolay again 🤣🤣🤣
Good. The Juicy Mullett needs prison time for his actions.
Good. That whole escapade was a disgrace.
Justice for Juicey!!!
Wow! And then there’s the DOJ wanting to hook up Roger Stone!
This guy will never be free
Good. He only helped himself with that one.
Good
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