Empire actor Jussie Smollett has turned himself in to Chicago police to face a charge of making a false police report after saying he was attacked downtown by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs, and looped a rope around his neck. Eddie Johnson plans to hold a morning news conference and Smollett is expected to appear in court later in the day. A lawyer representing the brothers said her clients "manned up" and testified in front of a grand jury before prosecutors charged Smollett. Without providing details, Gloria Schmidt told reporters the two men accepted money from Smollett and wanted to come clean. Weisberg recently represented a client who was charged with making a false report after surveillance video discredited her account of being robbed by three men at O'Hare Airport.

Source: CBC News February 20, 2019 23:03 UTC