Jussie Smollett Bail Set At $100,000, Must Surrender Passport
A Cook County Circuit Court judge has been set for Jussie Smollett at $100,000 and required the “Empire” star to surrender his passport, according to an on-air report by CNN and at tweet by the Associated Press Thursday. Smollett surrendered himself to police at 5 a.m. CT this morning, hours after he was formally charged with filing a false police report.
The charges stem from a report Smollett filed on Jan. 29 that he was attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs and referenced “MAGA.” After releasing two former suspects over the weekend, police said they wanted to interview Smollett again — and days later declared him a suspect.
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