By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com
Published: 17:18 GMT, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 17:34 GMT, 20 February 2019
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20th Century Fox has denied claims Jussie Smollett is being written out of Empire.
In a statement on Wednesday morning, a spokesman for the studio told DailyMail.com: 'Jussie Smollett continues to be a consummate professional on set and as we have previously stated, he is not being written out of the show.'
Smollett is facing allegations he staged an attack on January 29 which he reported to police as a homophobic and racist ambush.
Multiple police sources have repeatedly leaked details of their investigation to local outlets to suggest their belief that he made it up - a claim he denies.
Fox has denied claims Jussie Smollett is being written out of Empire amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the alleged attack he suffered on January 29. He is pictured on the show (top left) with his on-screen family, Terrence Howard, Bryshere Gray and Taraji P. Henson
Fox initially stood by the actor after the January 29 incident became public but went quiet as more details of the police investigation into it emerged.
Their complimentary remarks on Wednesday come after a sudden and dramatic chain of events in court.
On Tuesday, brothers Ola and Abel Osundairo - who allegedly told police last week that Smollett paid them to attack him - were minutes away from testifying before a grand jury when Smollett's legal team put in a 'hail Mary' call
