'EMPIRE' STAR JUSSIE SMOLLETT VICTIM OF HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK By MAGA Supporters

TMZ ^ | January 29, 2019

[EdnaMode]

"Empire" star Jussie Smollett was brutally attacked by 2 men who beat him up, put his head in a noose and screamed, "This is MAGA country."

Sources directly connected to Jussie tell TMZ, the actor arrived in Chicago from New York late Monday, and at around 2 AM he was hungry and went to a Subway. We're told when he walked out, someone yelled, "Aren't you that f***ot 'Empire' n*****?"

The 2 men -- both white and wearing ski masks -- viciously attacked Jussie as he fought back, but they beat him badly and fractured a rib. They put a rope around his neck, poured bleach on him and as they left they yelled, "This is MAGA country."

Jussie was taken to Northwestern Memorial where he was treated. He was discharged later Tuesday morning.

ThatGrapeJuice.Net first posted this letter which was sent to Fox Studios in Chicago with cut out letters spelling, "You will die black f**." Our sources say the letter was sent 8 days ago.

The envelope the letter arrived in appears to say MAGA in the upper left corner.

Law enforcement sources tell us Chicago PD is investigating the incident as a battery and the police tell us they are treating the incident as a possible hate crime.

[EdnaMode]

Could this be another hate crime coax? The source (ThatGrapeJuice.Net) seems fishy. And it sounds like the left's stereotype of Trump supporters. If they're so racist/homophobic, why are they watching Empire to begin with or even know he's gay?

[PGR88]

This is pure fantasy

I think there’s some really smart trolls out there who just create fake news for the media to ingest.

[SMARTY]

Follow the money

[jimfree]

First assumption is false flag. Prove otherwise.

[Vendome]

Fake...

[Kazan]

#fakehatecrime

[madprof98]

This is not a good story. It is missing a besieged Native American elder who is just trying to calm things down. And nobody smirked.

[Bearshouse]

Do I see the hand of some sleazy publicist getting their clients name in the news.... as a victim no less ?

[Conserv]

Absolute BS

[ScottinVA]

I don’t believe one bit of this shite.

[mbarker12474]

False Flag

[rktman]

Smells 🐠🐟🐡to me. Somebody pulling a twana brawley. His bf probably beat him up. So, I'm callin 🐂💨💩

[McGruff]

The 2 men — both white and wearing ski masks — viciously attacked Jussie...

Sounds a little fishy, doesn’t it?

[Signalman]

First assumption is false flag. Prove otherwise.

I'd be willing to bet a week's pay you are correct.

[sparklite2]

A man would have to have a heart of stone
not to laugh at such a ridiculous story.

[JudyinCanada]

I say we just assume all of these stories are b.s. until proven otherwise.

[thoughtomator]

MAGA supporters in Chicago, yeah right. Pull the other one.

[I want the USA back]

How many hours until this is revealed to be a hoax?

[wild74]

I will need to see the video, anytime something like this happens there is 50 videos going at the same time, me thinks it is fake news

[RetiredTexasVet]

My guess is that he was out trolling after his flight and tried to cheat his male prostitute (something to eat) and got his a$$ whipped by the pimp.