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Jussie Smollett Arrested & In Police Custody, Fox Considering Suspension

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Jussie Smollett has been arrested after just a few hours on the run. Chicago Police tweeted early Thursday that the Empire actor was taken into custody without incident.

Earlier Wednesday, Chicago police officially classified Smollett, 36, as a suspect in a criminal investigation for paying two men to help him stage a racial, homophobic attack in Chicago on Jan. 29.

The men, brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo told investigators Smollett was upset because a threatening letter he sent to himself didn’t get the reaction he expected.

Variety reports exclusively that Empire producers are considering suspending actor Jussie Smollett after he was charged on Wednesday in Chicago with a Class 4 felony for filing a false police report.

Producers are considering whether to suspend the troubled actor whose scenes were drastically cut from the remaining 9 episodes of the 2nd half of season 5.

A Cook County grand jury heard testimony from Abel Osundairo, 27, and his brother Ola Osundairo, 25, on Wednesday. Their lawyer Gloria Schmidt said the brothers testified before the grand jury for 2.5 hours. She said they were not offered immunity in exchange for their testimonies.

The brothers were arrested last Wednesday and released 2 days later without charges. They told police Smollett paid them $3,500 to stage the attack as Trump supporters, then leave the country. They were promised an additional $500 when they returned from Nigeria.

Osundairo brothers

In the still video above, the men are seen at a checkout counter purchasing supplies including a red hat, gloves and black ski masks a day before the alleged attack. Smollett, 36, told police two white men wearing red hats attacked him outside his high-rise apartment building in Chicago on Jan. 29.

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Is he worth submitting to?! Tonight on “Conversations of A Sistah”

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Submission is about support. Women have not been called to submit to all men, even a fiance.

If a man is being honest and trustworthy, she will honor and respect that man regardless of their status.

Our mentors used to tell us “you are single until you get married” and submission only comes when you get married. So until you get married, there’s huge bits and pieces of yourself which shouldn’t be given away for the simple reason you are single!

What is submission anyway? And how should we submit in our relationships?

Join the conversation at 6:30 p.m. EST with host Tracy L. Bell for her commentary “when is it OK to submit in a relationship?” on “Conversations Of A Sistah“

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We Knew he was lying from day 1…

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Which is why it’s no surprise we are now hearing in the news how the Empire actor paid 2 friends to stage his racist, homophobic attack in Chicago on Jan. 29.

On Saturday, Fox32 News quoted sources within the Chicago Police Department who confirmed Smollett paid two brothers to purchase a rope and 2 red hats to stage a hoax MAGA attack.

The brothers were arrested Wednesday and released late Friday without charges.

Chicago police are “eager” to re-interview Smollett after questioning the brothers.

The 36-year-old ‘Empire’ star has retained 3 attorneys, Todd Pugh, Victor Henderson and high-powered defense attorney Michael Monico.

Pugh and Henderson released a statement late Saturday, denying claims that Smollett staged his own attack.

I hope the 2 brothers Jussie Smollett hired have proof he hired them. Aside from the inconsistencies in Smollett’s story and no phone records much of his story never added up.

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‘Love & the Art of a Successful Relationship’ tonight on ‘Conversations Of A Sistah’

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Some conversations matter more than others in relationships. You connect and fall in love by talking. But what conversations should you have with your partner to know if your love will last—through challenges, surprises, joy, and pain?

And if you’ve been in a relationship for years, what conversations should you have to reinvigorate the connection and passion that first brought you together, but may have become routine?

A happy relationship isn’t the result of having lots of things in common—as we often think. The key to a happy and successful relationship have many levels. It comes from knowing how to address your core differences in a way that supports each other’s needs and dreams.

Every strong relationship is a result of a never-ending conversation between partners.

Since this is the week to celebrate love & relationships, tonight’s conversation focuses on “Love & the Art of a Successful Relationship”.

Join our “Conversations Of A Sistah” host Ms. Tracy L. Bell at 6:30 p.m. EST with her special guest, Love Dr. Pamela Smith, founder and CEO of Love Solutions Retreat & Tours.

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“Till death do us part” …Is this still a reality? Tonight on “Conversations Of A Sistah”

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When couples marry, they indeed take every ounce of their wedding vows seriously and to heart. In good times and in bad, they even remind each other of those words spoken on the very day they promised to love, cherish, honor and obey. So what happens when the words spoken over each other and their union goes up in smoke?

When the vows are turned inside out, upside down, then doused in betrayal and shame. When the two have grown so far apart, they soon see their vows were as a joke or maybe taken in stride. Divorce is then inevitable.

What happens to “Till death do us part?” Are these words and promise in their vows even a reality anymore?

Were the vows created to manipulate us into a standard of unrealistic expectations? Especially when or if the union fails? When divorce leads to the end of your marriage, then in death you will not part.

My parents were married 58 years and my mom was certainly at my fathers side when he took his last breath fours years ago on January 5, 2015. She sincerely lived out that part in her marriage vow that stated: “Till death do us part“.

I’m sure there are many others who had the same experience but with divorce on the rise among married couples in this society and the lack of loyalty and longevity in today’s generation, is “Till death do us part” even a reality? Where was this idiom established?

Join us at 6:30 p.m. EST on “Conversations Of A Sistah” via Blog Talk Radio for our discussion “Till death do us part”…is this still a reality? As renowned Bishop Andre C. Alston, Pastor and presiding Bishop of Antioch Christian Tabernacle of East Orange, NJ will grace our studios for this discussion.

You won’t want to miss this conversation..