CHICAGO—An attorney representing the brothers at the center of an investigation into the attack reported by Jussie Smollett said her clients “manned up” and testified in front of a grand jury, before prosecutors charged the “Empire” actor with filing a false police report.
Gloria Schmidt spoke to reporters on Feb. 20, outside a Chicago courthouse where the brothers met with the grand jury, which was collecting evidence in the case. Without providing details, she said the two men accepted money from Smollett and wanted to come clean. She said they weren’t motivated by any promises from prosecutors.
