Brothers told Chicago police how Jussie Smollett staged hoax

Two brothers arrested for an alleged attack on Jussie Smollett recounted for Chicago police how the ex-Empire actor orchestrated the hoax, a lead investigator testified on Tuesday (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

Two brothers arrested for an alleged attack on Jussie Smollett recounted for Chicago police how the ex-Empire actor orchestrated the hoax, a lead investigator testified on Tuesday.

Smollett told the the pair via text message to meet him “on the low”, paying for supplies and holding a “dry run” in downtown Chicago, former police detective Michael Theis said from the stand as prosecutors began their case.