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Another day, another Empire actor arrested in Chicago.
Bryshere Yazuan Gray aka Yazz the Greatest aka Hakeem Lyon posed for the mugshot above after being arrested in Chicago.
Gray, best known for his role as Jussie Smollett’s little brother on “Empire” was busted for several traffic offenses after being pulled over in his Rolls-Royce.
Empire co-creator and executive producer Lee Daniels is finally speaking out about his feelings regarding the Jussie Smollett “hate crime” scandal.
As you know, Smollett alleged he’d been the victim of a hate crime, a claim Chicago cops later refuted, accusing the “Empire” actor of staging the entire episode to get a pay raise and to drum up publicity for his career.
While Smollett has maintained his innocence and strongly denied the accusations, Daniels says he feels some kinda way about jumping on the Smollett bandwagon so quickly.
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If you thought the drama was over for Jussie Smollett… think again.
The actor recently walked out of court a free man after his charges were dropped on a 16 count indictment stemming from his alleged hate crime “hoax” (click HERE if you missed that).
While he may have avoided criminal charges, the City of Chicago is now demanding payment from him for costs involved in investigating the case and if he does’t pay, they’re ready to take the Empire actor straight to court!
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Case dismissed!!! It looks like Jussie Smollett has dodged a bullet!
Smollett has been a hot topic for several weeks was facing possible jail time on 16 disorderly conduct charges stemming from allegedly staging a phony attack and claiming he was the victim of a hate crime.
Prosecutors in Cook County, Illinois announced this morning that ALL CHARGES have been dropped against the Empire actor.
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Meet Jussie Smollett, 36.?? Smollett, best known for his role as Jamal Lyon on the Fox Network series EMPIRE, posed for the mugshot above after being arrest for staging a bogus hate crime on the streets of Chicago.
[READ: Jussie Smollett Officially Named as Suspect in Hate Crime Hoax, Grand Jury Issues Indictment… ]
Smollett turned himself in at the Central District police station at 18th and State streets around 5 a.m., Thursday February 21, 2019.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said at a news conference Thursday morning that ?Smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career.”
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It was previously rumored that Smollett had orchestrated his own attack because his character was being written out of the show, however Empire writer’s disputed the chatter.
After Chicago PD “changed the trajectory” of their investigation, it seems that the writers of EMPIRE did the same with their story line.
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