Jacob Wohl pulls a Smollet

[FBaggins]

19. I justs realized that Smollett did both.

The reporting indicates that prior to faking his own assault, Smollett faked a hateful death threat and sent it to the studio.

I don't know whether the police were involved in that or not, but otherwise it's pretty much the same thing that Wohl appears to have done... and Smollett's actions at that point did not get any national attention at all.