Two men who were arrested over the attack on Empire star Jussie Smollett in Chicago have been released without charge,cops announced late on Friday.
Nigerian Brothers Olabinjo ‘Ola’ Osundairo, 27, and Abimbola ‘Abel’ Osundairo, 25, had been picked up by Chicago police on Wednesday night amid unsubstantiated claims from local media that Smollett had staged the attack, because he was being written off of Empire.
The two are bodybuilders who use the gym in Smollett’s luxury apartment building and are said to know the Empire star,Mailonline reports .
They were arrested on suspicion of battery but police said they are being released due to ‘new evidence’. 
The Osundairo brothers were arrested on Wednesday night at Chicago O’Hare airport.
The two men had flown to Africa the day after the January 29 attack on Smollett which took place close to his apartment building on East Water Street.
Smollett, initially said the attack appeared to be racially motivated and claimed his assailants shouted ‘this is MAGA-land’ as they punched and kicked him.
He also told police he did not recognize his attackers.
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