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		</div><p>Chicago police say “the trajectory of the investigation” into the reported attack on Jussie Smollett has shifted and they want to conduct another interview with the Empire actor.</p>
<p>On Friday, police released without charges two Nigerian brothers they had detained for questioning earlier in the week.</p>
<p>Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi issued a statement on Saturday, which said: “We can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the Empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation.</p>
<p>“We’ve reached out to the Empire cast member’s attorney to request a follow-up interview.”</p>
<p>Lawyers for Smollett later issued a statement saying the actor would continue to cooperate with police, but felt “victimised” by reports that he might have been involved in the attack.</p>
<p>“Nothing is further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise is lying,” the statement from Todd Pugh and Victor P Henderson said.</p>
<p>Smollett has said he was attacked by two masked men shouting racial and anti-gay slurs and “This is MAGA (Make America Great Again) country!”.</p>
<p><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1EEB59FB-900B-4DF4-8649-1517616A9045.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-126090" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1EEB59FB-900B-4DF4-8649-1517616A9045-565x1024.jpeg" alt="" width="565" height="1024" /></a></p>
<p>He said they looped a rope around his neck before running away as he was out getting food at a Subway restaurant early on January 29. He said they also poured some kind of chemical on him.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, Chicago police picked up two brothers at O’Hare International Airport as they returned from Nigeria. They described them as “suspects” in the assault, questioned them and searched their apartment.</p>
<p>Then, late on Friday, police said they were no longer suspects.</p>
<p>One of the men is Smollett’s personal trainer who he hired to get him physically ready for a music video, the statement from the actor’s lawyers said.</p>
<p>“It is impossible to believe that this person could have played a role in the crime against Jussie or would falsely claim Jussie’s complicity,” the statement added.</p>
<p>Police said they combed surveillance video but were unable to find any footage of the attack.</p>
<p>Smollett turned over redacted phone records that police said were not sufficient for a criminal investigation.</p>
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