Hollywood: 911 call in Jussie Smollett case: ‘They put a noose around his neck’

Two 911 calls made the night of the alleged attack on " Empire " actor Jussie
Smollett were released on Wednesday.
The caller phoned authorities on Smollett's behalf just after 2:20 a.m. on Jan.
29, according to the New York Post , which obtained the recordings through a
Freedom of Information Act request. The name of the caller was redacted, but
the Post identified him as Frank Gatson, Smollett's creative manager.
“I work with an artist — I don’t really want to say his name — but he states
that [redaction] he went to Subway, he was walking by and some guys
somebody jumped him or something like that, and I just want to report it and
make sure that he’s all right,” the caller told a 911 dispatcher during the first
call, which lasted three minutes..
When asked if Smollett needed medical attention, the caller said: “I just think
he’s startled. I’m scared and I don’t know what it is. They put a noose around
his neck. They didn’t do anything with it, but put it around his neck. That’s
pretty f–ked up to me — sorry for saying it like that."
Smollett, 36, was reluctant to file a police report, the caller said, adding that
he'd make sure his client did so.
The dispatcher said she alerted the police to their location, and the call ended.
The caller placed a second call to 911 several minutes later asking if the
police were on their way. They arrived minutes later.
Smollett told investigators he was attacked by two masked men who tossed a
noose around his neck and doused him with bleach. He said they yelled:
"This is MAGA country,"  an apparent reference to President Trump's
campaign slogan.
Smollett, who is black and openly gay, claimed the attackers also shouted
racist and homophobic slurs at him.

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