Life Jussie Smollett recounts violent attack on ‘GMA’: I saw the rope ‘and I started screaming’ February 15, 2019Carly Mallenbaum and Erin Jensen, USA TODAYComments Off on Jussie Smollett recounts violent attack on ‘GMA’: I saw the rope ‘and I started screaming’ Jussie Smollett, the 'Empire' star who was attacked in a "possible hate crime" Jan. 29 in Chicago, talked to "GMA" about the incident.