Jussie Smollett in ‘psych ward’ at jail, family allegedly receiving threatening phone calls

*WARNING: Article contains strong language that may not be suitable for some readers.*CHICAGO — Family members of Jussie Smollett claim they have received harassing and threatening phone calls since the actor began serving five months of jail time for staging a hate crime hoax in 2019.Smollett's defense team released a statement on Monday that said Jussie's siblings started getting "bombarded with phone threats" on Friday, the morning after the former Empire actor checked into the Cook County Jail.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 CHICAGO APP FOR BREAKING NEWS ALERTS"The morning after Jussie checked into the jail, his sibling who’s [sic] phone number is his emergency contact started being bombarded with phone threats about harm that would be done to Jussie in the jail," the statement said.Attorneys said a male caller used profane, racist and homophobic language and the call came from an unlisted number.The supporters of Jussie Smollett said he is being mistreated by a racist system after he was sentenced to jail time for staging a hate crime against himself.

They held a rally outside the Cook County Jail in Chicago."Hi, this is n***** lives matter. I hope what they do to that guy in jail..here's what they're going to do, alright?

They're going to take a broom handle and take that little f*****, shove it in there, and he's going to go [makes groaning noises]," the male voice said laughing before ending the call.Jojo Smollet, Jussie's brother, said he's very concerned about the phone call."This person's voice, obviously a grown man, obviously a man well on in his years that does not need to be spending his time trying to intimidate people like this," Jojo Smollett said. "If you don't like Jussie, if you feel that justice was served, and.