Story Update! Celebrities Show Their Love and Support for Jussie Smollet After Hate Crime Attack (photo cred: Instagram) Story Update! 3/26/2019 All criminal charges against Jussie Smollett have been dropped. His record was reportedly expunged. Smollet is still being investigated by the FBI for allegedly sending a death threat to himself. Story Update! 3/18/2019 Jussie Smollett was indicted on 16 counts of felony charges by a grand jury for allegedly lying to the Chicago police about the attack. Since then, many celebrities have withdrawn their support of the Empire actor. If you look below you can see that a couple of the Instagram posts in support of him have been removed. Jussie Smollett still maintains that he is innocent. This past week, an episode with Smollett on Empire aired on FOX. Footage of the star was pulled from the show following the investigation of the alleged attack. First Report: January 29, 2019 ...