neck, threw a chemical over him, shouted racist comments at him. two people were arrested. those two people who turned out to be african-american men, they told police and a grand jury, jussie smollett hired them to carry out the attack and cut him a check for $3500 that, in fact, they knew jussie smollett. the superintendent of chicago police thinks the reason jussie smollett did this is he wasn't getting paid enough money to appear on the "empire" tv show. he has been written out of the show for the final two episodes of the current season. if he is convicted, the sentencing guidelines are for the one crime, a class for felonies, two and a half years in jail or up to three years probation. jussie smollett maintains his innocence. we heard from his lawyers. we call it overkill.