Detectives will make contact with his legal team to negotiate a reasonable surrender for his arrest.
Given these circumstances, we intend to conduct a thorough investigation and to mount an aggressive defense.
Smollettappeared onGood Morning Americalast week in light of hoax claims to detail the alleged assault.

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And that says a lot about the place that we are in our country.
According to a Chicago PD spokesperson, speaking with them shifted the trajectory of the investigation.
Additional reporting by Derek Lawrence and Tim Stack
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