‘Empire’ Actor Jussie Smollett Arrested on Charges of Filing False Police Report

Actor and singer Jussie Smollett at the "Empire" FYC Event in Los Angeles, on May 20, 2016. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File

Chicago police have announced that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is under arrest on charges of making a false police report when he claimed he was attacked by two men hurling racist and homophobic slurs.

Chicago Police Department (CPD) spokesman Anthony Guglielmi posted on Twitter on Feb. 21 that the actor “is under arrest and in the custody of detectives.”