Actor-singer Jussie Smollett is under increasing suspicion that he staged the alleged hate crime attack against him on a cold Chicago night last month. Nancy Grace looks at the case against the “Empire” star, which is about to be considered by a grand jury, with a panel including forensics expert Karen Smith, Los Angeles psychoanalyst …
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was reportedly resolute about being interviewed by ABC’s “Good Morning America” following last month’s reported attack, though network staffers were said to be suspicious of his claims. Sources who spoke with the New York Post’s Page Six said Smollett, 35, insisted on making a TV appearance to recount the alleged January 29 …
A Florida mom and dad allegedly starved their baby boy to near death after ignoring a doctor’s advice on feeding the baby organic formula. Florida’s ABC 9 reports that Julia French, 20, and Robert Buskey, 31, of Titusville, are facing charges of child neglect after police found with couple’s 5-month-old boy barely clinging to life. Investigators …
Jussie Smollett has been all over the news in the last few weeks, but he’ll be getting less screen time on ‘Empire’ following the purported hate crime against him. TMZ reports that ‘Empire’ producers have cut several of Smollett’s scenes from an episode filming this week –– the second-to-last of the season. According to the …
A California woman who dumped her newborn baby in the middle of the road in freezing temperatures is still at large. Police As CrimeOnline previously reported, Aurelio Fuentes Jr., a newspaper carrier with the Fresno Bee, spotted a baby off of the 35000 block of Avenue 13 ½ in Madera Ranchos last Monday. It was dark and cold outside, with …
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett reportedly auditioned for a role in a play which mirrored the purported hate crime attack against him late last month. According to the Daily Mail, Smollett, 35, participated in two readings of Tony-winning play “Take Me Out” in New York City on January 28, a day before the reported attack in …
Sources claim the response to the letter prompted Smollett to stage a hate crime
A medical examination has reportedly found that Valerie Reyes, the woman found murdered in a suitcase in Greenwich, Connecticut, died from asphyxiation, a conclusion that appears to contradict her accused killer’s claim that she hurt herself in a fall during sex. The State Medical Examiner in Connecticut has not yet released the official results of Reyes’ …
A New Jersey mother who claimed her 23-month-old son was abducted is accused of killing the toddler because he wouldn’t eat or listen. According to KYW, Nakira Griner, 24, is accused of killing, dismembering, and burning Daniel Griner Jr., whose body was found under a shed at the family’s home in Bridgeton, a day after she reported his disappearance. …
Some children are reportedly playing a dangerous game of disappearing on purpose, which not only uses up police resources unnecessarily and scares their loved ones, but it can possibly pull police away from real emergencies. The “48 Hour Missing Challenge” encourages children to vanish for 48 hours without telling their family where they are, CBS …
The wife of one of five employees shot and killed Friday at an Illinois industrial warehouse revealed the final text he sent her before succumbing to his injuries. USA Today reported that Josh Pinkard, 37, was a plant manager at the Henry Pratt Co., where he and four of his co-workers were killed by a 15-year …
A Wisconsin man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs after killing her parents has reportedly written a jailhouse letter, describing how he once cooked with the young girl. While it’s unclear who the letter was written to, RadarOnline obtained 21-year-old Jake Patterson’s jailhouse mailed note. Patterson is currently behind bars in Barron County, accused of …
