On Jan. 29, 2019, Jussie Smollett, a Black, openly gay actor, filed a police report alleging a racist, homophobic attack in downtown Chicago. He said two masked men shouted slurs, poured an unknown substance he later identified as bleach on him, tied a noose around his neck, and referenced Trump's slogan. The FBI investigated a suspicious letter sent to Fox's Chicago offices. Chicago law enforcement and courts later concluded Smollett staged the attack and accused him of filing a false report. A new Netflix documentary, The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, presents both those who believe he lied and those offering contrary evidence.
A new documentary, The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, which premiered on Friday, seeks to answer its own titular question once and for all. The documentary retells the erratic epic from two perspectives: that of those who maintain, like the Chicago courts decided, that Smollett definitely lied about being attacked by white men in the streets of Chicago, and those who have found so-called evidence that may prove the contrary.
He alleged that, as he was approaching his residence at around 2 a.m., two masked men, one of whom he said he believed to be white, had shouted racial and homophobic slurs at him, poured "an unknown substance" (which Smollett can be seen identifying as bleach in police bodycam footage that was released much later) on him, and tied a noose around his neck.
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