New reports indicate that Empire star, Jussie Smollett, turned down security details dispatched to him prior to his attack in Chicago on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old declined the security entourage sent to protect him by FOX Studios because he didn’t want to be weighed down with so much protection, a
A week before the attack, Fox Studios in Chicago was sent a homophobic letter addressed to Smollett with threats to kill him.
An Empire production source told celebrity website, TMZ, that Jussie will have “24/7 armed security going forward … at least until the 2 thugs are apprehended.”
Jussie Smollett, who is famous for playing the character of Jamal Lyon on
The entertainer was taking a walk through the city when two people attacked him, tied a noose around his neck, yelling racial and homophobic slurs.
