Police: Jussie Smollett ‘upset’ camera did not record attack

Actor Jussie Smollett (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago, appeared troubled when he was told that a surveillance camera did not record the alleged assault, a police detective testified on Wednesday.

Chicago police detective Kimberly Murray described how she took a report from the former Empire actor the morning of the January 2019 attack at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was being treated for injuries that Ms Murray described as “minor”.