A judge has set a $100,000 (£77,000) bond for Empire actor Jussie Smollett, who is accused of staging an attack against himself in Chicago last month. A judge has set a $100,000 (£77,000) bond for Empire actor Jussie Smollett, who is accused of staging an attack against himself in Chicago last month. The actor’s attorney asked Cook County Judge John Fitzgerald Lyke Jr to release Smollett on his own recognisance. Surveillance video shows two people of interest in an attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett (Chicago Police Department via AP)However, the judge said that would be inappropriate. Police allege that Smollett hired two brothers to help stage an attack on him late last month in downtown Chicago.

Source: Irish Independent February 21, 2019 16:15 UTC