The actor sat down to be interviewed for a 90-minute feature from the 'Tinder Swindler' team that promises new evidence and competing narratives in a zoomed out look.

Jussie Smollett is doubling down on his claim that he was the victim of a real hate crime in 2019—and says Netflix is about to back him up. While speaking to a small group of community leaders and criminal justice advocates on Chicago’s South Side Monday,

Netflix has announced a documentary about Jussie Smollett and his 2019 hate crime hoax. “The Truth About Jussie Smollett?” will premiere on Aug. 22, and it features interviews with police, lawyers, journalists and investigators who claim to have “new evidence about the case.