Jussie Smollett is facing a disorderly conduct charge alleging he filed a false police report and set up an attack on himself the night of Jan. 29 near his Streeterville apartment. Investigators used surveillance camera footage, cellphone and bank records, and witness reports -- including the cooperation of the two men who Smollett alleged attacked him -- to reach the conclusion that the attack on the "Empire" actor and entertainer was staged.

The Cook County state's attorney charged Smollett with disorderly conduct on Feb. 20, 2019. He was taken into custody at 5 a.m. the next day.

Here is a minute-by-minute account of the attack according to the Cook County state's attorney bond proffer, police and court records, and news reports.

Brothers' residence O'Hare International Airport Uber ride drop point 290 55 Northwestern Memorial Hospital Site of planned attack Jussie Smollett's residence Subway Hyatt Regency Hotel Miles 1/8

12:30 a.m. Smollett arrives at O'Hare International Airport on a flight from New York after a four-hour delay. 12:49 a.m. Smollett calls Abimbola "Abel" Osundairo and tells him the "attack" would take place at 2 a.m. at the corner of New and North Water streets, a predetermined location. Minutes later Abel's brother, Olabinjo Osundairo, orders an Uber ride share, which picks the brothers up at their Lakeview apartment and drops them in the 1400 block of North Wells Street. They hail a cab, which takes them to within three blocks of the meeting site. A light from a videographer's camera shines on the door of a residence that was served with a search warrant in the investigation of the attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) 1:22 a.m. until 2:03 a.m. Surveillance video shows the Osundairo brothers on foot in an area bordered on the north by Illinois Street, south by the Chicago River, west to Columbus Drive and east to Lake Shore Drive. On Jan. 30, 2019, Chicago police released this image of two people captured by a surveillance camera near Jussie Smollett's building in Streeterville. (Chicago Police Department) 1:30 a.m. Smollett arrives at his Streeterville apartment from O'Hare airport. 1:45 a.m. Smollett leaves his apartment building to walk to a nearby Subway restaurant in the 500 block of McClurg Court. Subway Smollett’s residence Miles 1/8 mile (Google) 2 a.m. The Osundairo brothers arrive at the intersection of New and North Water streets, but Smollett is not there. They walk a quarter-block north and wait near a bench. 2:04 a.m. Smollett arrives and the attack is staged just outside the view of a nearby surveillance camera. He'll later claim two men approached him, shouted slurs at him, struck him in the face and poured an "unknown substance" on him before one of them wrapped a rope around his neck. While the 45-second incident occurs, an employee of nearby NBC News Chicago observes it and later tells police she heard nothing. Smollett also says he was on the phone with his manager at the time of the attack. Location of planned attack Miles 1/8 mile (Google) After the attack Video evidence shows the brothers running south toward the Chicago River and west toward Columbus Drive. 2:10 a.m. Video shows the brothers entering a taxi at the Hyatt Regency hotel, south of the river at 151 E. Wacker Drive. 2:25 a.m. The Osundairo brothers exit the taxi in the 3600 block of North Marshfield Avenue, just a few blocks from their Lakeview apartment, and walk north. 2:27 a.m. Smollett's business manager, Frank Gatson, calls police from the actor's apartment in the 300 block of East North Water Street. Surveillance camera footage shows the actor still had a rope around his neck when he returned to the building. 2:42 a.m. Officers arrive at Smollett's apartment building to interview him. They observe cuts and scrapes on the actor's face and notice a small rope around his neck. At Smollett's request, the officers then turn off their body cameras. According to Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, Smollett told them the attackers yelled he was in "MAGA country," an apparent reference to the Donald Trump campaign's "Make America Great Again" slogan. Then (no time given) Smollett goes to Northwestern Memorial Hospital after being advised to do so by police. He's later reported to be in good condition, treated for scrapes and bruises and then released. (Google) 7:45 p.m. Eighteen hours after the alleged attack, Smollett places a five-second call to Abel Osundairo. 7:47 p.m. Before the brothers board a flight at O'Hare with the eventual destination of Nigeria, Abel Osundairo places a 94-second call to Smollett.