Former ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett is the subject of a new Netflix documentary about his 2019 alleged hate crime hoax and the years-long legal battle that followed. Here’s where Smollett is now.

Now, The Truth About Jussie Smollett? documentary has premiered in the 2025 Netflix schedule, while the actor is just over a month away from his return to Fox in the 2025 TV schedule for the first time since Empire. Let's start with his first big comeback of 2025: the Netflix documentary.

More than six years after Jussie Smollett was accused of falsely reporting a hate crime attack in Chicago, the former “Empire” actor and his case are back in the spotlight. Netflix documentary “The Truth About Jussie Smollett” is set to hit the streamer on Friday, Aug. 22 and feature interviews from those involved in the case and Smollett himself.