Empire star Jussie Smollett is pictured in the hospital after a 60-year-old friend called the police to report him being attacked. Smollett told the police that detail in a follow-up the next day. He and one other person who was also in the apartment greeted officers in Smollett's apartment building lobby. JUSSIE SMOLLETT'S STATEMENT ON RACIST HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK Let me start by saying that I’m OK. My body is strong but my soul is stronger. The police report also confirms that Smollett told authorities he received homophobic hate mail in the a week prior to the alleged hate crime.

Source: Daily Mail February 05, 2019 09:23 UTC