Netflix has released a trailer for the streaming giant’s The Truth About Jussie Smollett? documentary, which is set to uncover all angles of the alleged January 2019 attack against the Empire actor in Chicago.
Jussie Smollett has maintained his innocence in the case, as the debate of whether or not the incident was a hoax or a hate crime has continued in the more than six years since the incident.
“The villains are the two people who assaulted me, the Chicago Police Department and, if I may be so brave, the mayor,” Smollett told Variety on Wednesday (Aug. 13). “We’re living in a world where the higher-ups, their main mission, in order to do all of the underhanded things that they’re doing, is to distract us with the shiny object.”
The doc invites various members of law enforcement, jour