Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A day after he was arrested and charged with filing a false police report in Chicago, actor Jussie Smollett's character has been cut from this season's final episodes of the Fox television drama Empire, producers said Friday.
Smollett plays Jamal Lyon in the show, which is wrapping up its fifth season. In it, he's the son of music mogul Lucious Lyon, portrayed by Terrance Howard.