BREAKING NEWS – Chicago, Illinois – The FOX television network announced that it will move forward with a sixth season of its hit drama “Empire.” However, there are no plans to bring back the character portrayed by Jussie Smollett, who claimed earlier this year he was a victim of a hate crime that police said was fabricated. Distraught over the loss of the job he cherished, Smollett is now threatening more hoaxes. “The Chicago cops have screwed up my career, and they better fix it!” he angrily stated. “If they don’t help me get my job back, I will orchestrate so many more hoaxes, that I will have every policeman in the city investigating my nonstop elaborate pranks, instead on investigating other crimes. And Chicago should look inward at their own behavior and reputation rather than mine. Because if that city wasn’t so freakin’ corrupt, I never would’ve been able to easily persuade their stupid D.A. to drop the charges!”