Empire actor Jussie Smollett arrested

Jussie Smollett was arrested after being charged with lying to the police. This is in reference to the claim he made about an attack he faced. He was beaten by two masked men who were shouting racist and homophobic slurs.

In January, the star was attacked and at the time told the police that two President Donald Trump supporters had struck him, put a noose around his neck and poured bleach over him.

Reports later emerged that Jussie had staged his own attack with the two ‘attackers’ well known to him.