“We want to be clear, this was a racial and homophobic hate crime,” the statement from Smollett’s family reads.
Two days after Jussie Smollett was physically attacked and hospitalized in Chicago, members of the Empire star’s family have issued a statement, calling the violence a “racial and homophobic hate crime.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor told police that the offenders “yelled pro-‘Make America Great Again’ [MAGA] comments” during the attack.
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, our beloved son and brother, Jussie, was the victim of a violent and unprovoked attack.