View 1 more image (Newser) ? The increasingly strange and tangled Jussie Smollett case will be heard by a grand jury this week, according to TMZ, which cites law enforcement sources. The sources say police are keeping an eye on two brothers arrested and released in the case, because they want to make sure the Empire star doesn't contact them. The actor says he was attacked Jan. 27 by two men shouting racist and homophobic insults who put a rope around his neck.