Overview

• Released Aug. 22, The Truth About Jussie Smollett? features interviews with Smollett, the Osundairo brothers, former Chicago police officials, attorneys, and journalists.
• Smollett again denies staging the 2019 incident, saying “I didn’t do that,” and recalls feeling “extremely emasculated” by the initial public reaction.
• The documentary presents jail footage that appears to show the brothers interacting with police, prompting questions from the film’s producers that the brothers and police reject as unfounded.
• Two witnesses describe seeing a white man near Smollett’s building that night, while police emphasize Smollett’s phone reluctance and the noose he put back on before officers arrived.
• The Illinois Supreme Court overturned his 2021 conviction in 2024 on due‑process grounds, and a May 2025 civil dispute with Chicago was settled, but the film leaves the core question unresolved.