13 Days After Alleged Hate Crime Attack, 'Empire' Star Jussie Smollett Hands Over 'Limited And Redacted' Phone Records To Cops
“Empire" star Jussie Smollett reportedly handed over "limited and redacted" phone records to the Chicago Police Department on Monday, 13 days after Smollett was allegedly the victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime carried out by supporters of President Donald Trump in downtown Chicago.
Phone records from Jussie's manager were sent to police on Feb. 5 and Jussie’s records were sent over this morning. Both were sent to Chief of Staff to the Superintendent of Police Robert Boik, who confirmed receipt," a spokesperson for Smollett told the New York Post in an email on Monday.
"They have Jussie's records from within an hour of the incident. The police confirmed receipt of the records at [2:28 p.m. EST]," the spokesperson added.
According to Fox 32 Chicago’s Rafer Weigel, the records were "limited and redacted."
The Chicago Police Department "received cell phone records today from Smollett’s camp. They were limited and redacted but detectives will analyze them and be in touch with [Jussie Smollett] if they have any other questions," Weigel wrote in a tweet on Monday evening.
Chicago police have confirmed that Smollett walked "several blocks to and from a Subway sandwich shop that evening." However, the actor "was on camera for all but about 60 seconds of his trip, during which Smollett reports the attack took place."
"Although two individuals were pictured on security cameras near where Smollett says he was attacked, sources close to CPD told local media that those two individuals appear to be homeless and were in the vicinity between 15 and 30 minutes before Smollett arrived back at his apartment on East Water Street, just north of the Chicago River," noted Zanotti. "Chicago Police also reportedly dismissed a neighbor's claim that a 'redneck'-looking man was loitering behind Smollett's apartment building, according to Chicago crime watch blog, CWB Chicago."
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