Jussie Smollett has turned from a presumed victim to suspect in the criminal investigation into the alleged racist, homophobic attack, and sources say there is mounting evidence the 2 brothers who were arrested and subsequently released were acting at Jussie's behest and reportedly paid.

Our sources say the brothers -- both of whom worked on the "Empire" set -- "completely cooperated" with Chicago cops during their interrogation over the last few days.

One law enforcement source tells TMZ at least one of the brothers turned over his phone and there is a call between him and Jussie in the vicinity of the "attack," but before it happened.

CNN is reporting the brothers purchased what looks like the rope Jussie had around his neck at a Chicago Ace Hardware store. CNN is also citing law enforcement sources saying Jussie paid the brothers to orchestrate the phony assault.

Various sources in the Chicago PD have told TMZ almost from the beginning there was wide sentiment Jussie's version of events were false, despite the party line that he was the victim of a crime.

As we told you ... the Nigerian brothers never fit the profile of Jussie's alleged attackers, even when they were arrested for battery. Not only are they not white -- which contradicts Smollett's claims from the beginning -- but "Empire" cast and crew sources tell us they're very close to Jussie ... and they're pro-LGBTQ and anti-Trump too.

Chicago PD released Abel and Ola late Friday night due to "new evidence" gathered from their interrogation ... and said they're no longer suspects.

The brothers' lawyer, Gloria Schmidt, says her clients were released based on the key info they gave the cops ... and they have a story to tell "when the time is right






update- Chicago PD's Chief Communications Officer confirms the case has taken a turn based on details provided by the brothers, saying ... "The information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the Empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation."

He adds that police have reached out to Jussie's attorney to request a follow-up interview.


Source - http://m.tmz.com/#!article/2019/02/16/jussie-smollett-attack-brothers-rope-suspect-staged/

I smelt foul play right from the start.....I mean... who goes around assualting celebrity in broad daylight America for being gay of all things" everyone likes the dude, some people don't even know he's gay in real life......when I heard..I just tot to myself ..."the beating of a gay celebrity will surely attract sympathy and better laws in their favour" well played by the LGBT folks...

This isn't new anyways, we know the LGBT community have been thriving and gaining ground by riding on the wings of tolerance ...a word now used to erase the thin line between right and wrong to make everything a norm.....they gain sympathty of the human rights court by playing victim......since people in high places are all ramming dickss into assess these days...they get their way all the time

It's already weird that u choose to ram you rod into another man's asss....to keep it private is now a problem...can't sex just be private for once??...this generation is just annoying.
Just recently some parents had to go and protest against schools in the Birmingham UK for indoctrinating primary school kids on being gay..https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/education/2019/jan/31/school-defends-lgbt-lessons-after-religious-parents-complain

I mean it's now in school syllabus.....this is just getting out of hand....let Russia, North korea or Iran just drop one of their nukes already..

he tried