EMPIRE CASE UPDATE: Due to new evidence as a result of today's interrogations, the individuals questioned by police in the #Empire case have now been released without charging and detectives have additional investigative work to complete. #ChicagoPolice
— Tom Ahern (@TomAhernCPD) February 16, 2019
Translation: they flipped.
Via Fox News:
Citing “new evidence,” the Chicago Police Department announced Friday night that two men held for questioning in connection with an alleged attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett have been released, with no charges filed against them.
The news came shortly after 10 p.m. ET in a Twitter message from Tom Ahern, deputy director of news affairs and communications for the police department.
“Due to new evidence as a result of today’s interrogations, the individuals questioned by police in the #Empire case have now been released without charging and detectives have additional investigative work to complete,” Ahern wrote.
NEW: Two brothers of Nigerian descent were arrested Friday in connection with the alleged attack of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.
Smollett says he did not know his attackers but the suspects' lawyer says they all worked on the show together.
Dean Reynolds has more pic.twitter.com/PIV4gj1Tuy
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 15, 2019