"His Hollywood career is over," PR expert Ronn Torossian on Jussie Smollett's hopes of a comeback
'Empire' star Jussie Smollett, who was charged this past week with felony disorderly conduct for making a false report, is said to have confessed that he was attacked and beaten by two masked men shouting racist and homophobic slurs because he was "dissatisfied with his salary" on the Fox drama.
According to The Guardian, the revelation was made by Chicago police superintendent Eddie Johnson at a news conference on Thursday, February 21. Johnson criticized the actor and said he had taken "advantage of the pain and the anger of racism to promote his career," and that the attack was a "publicity stunt" which was "a scar that Chicago didn't earn and certainly didn't deserve."
In an exclusive conversation with MEA WorldWide, Ronn Torossian, the CEO of 5WPR, one of the country's leading privately owned public relations agencies, says he doesn't think there's any way Smollett can make a comeback if he is found guilty.