Jussie Smollett was so irked that a threatening letter he received didn’t spark enough outrage that he hired two men to stage a hate attack against him, according to a report on Monday. Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the investigation pointed to the letter as a potential motive.
Jussie Smollett was so irked that a threatening letter he received didn’t spark enough outrage that he hired two men to stage a hate attack against him, according to a report on Monday.
Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the investigation pointed to the letter as a potential motive in the “Empire” star’s baffling case, CBS Chicago reported.
“When the letter didn’t get enough attention, he concocted the staged attack,” a source told the network.
A week before he was allegedly attacked in Chicago on Jan. 29, Smollett received a suspicious letter at Fox Studios in the city.
“You will die black f–,” read the message, which was written with cut-out letters from a magazine.
