Two men have been arrested in relation to the alleged hate crime attack on the star of TV series ‘Empire’, Jussie Smollett.
The actor who is gay and African-American had alleged that he was attacked by two white men who were wearing the iconic, red, pro-Trump ‘Make American Great Again’ hats after leaving a Chicago club in the early hours of January 29th.
The actor claimed that the two white MAGA hat wearing attackers shouted racial and homophobic epithets and shouted, “This is MAGA country”.
The alleged attack garnered international media attention and was proclaimed by celebrities on social media as evidence of Trump supporters being violent racists.
However, Chicago PD have announced that the two men arrested were actually Nigerian extras on Smollet’s show ‘Empire’.
The Daily Mail UK learned that two men are brothers named Abimbola ‘Abel’ and Olabinjo ‘Ola’ Osundairo.
They were not white or wearing MAGA hats and it is now widely believed that the actor staged the attack to save his failing career.
Two sources with intimate knowledge of the investigation told local Chicago news outlet CBS 2 that it is suspected that Smollett orchestrated that attack himself and involved two other men.
Photos on social media show that the three men were not just working colleagues but close friends.
However, Chicago PD have said that Smollett is cooperating and is still being treated as a victim not a suspect.
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