Friends and colleagues of Jussie Smollett are weighing in on the news that all the charges against the actor — who was accused of staging a hate crime against himself — have been dropped.
Taraji P. Henson, who stars with Smollett on the Fox drama “Empire,” told USA Today that she believed in his innocence from the beginning, “because I know him and I know his track record.”
“I’m happy that the truth has finally been set free, because I knew it all along,” Henson said. “We’re all happy for him, and thank God the truth prevailed.”
“Empire” actress Gabourey Sidibe posted a picture of Smollett on Instagram and wrote, “It’s weird that y’all decided that the police were being 100% honest about this case.”
Director Ava DuVernay resurfaced a previous tweet from last month in which she wrote about the complicated history of the Chicago Police Department and the African-American community.
