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Prosecutors in Chicago dropped charges against “Empire” star Jussie Smollett who was accused of staging a homophobic and racist attack against himself.
CNBC reports that Smollett’s attorneys Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes in a statement said: “Today, all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped and his record has been wiped clean of the filing of this tragic complaint against him.”
“Jussie was attacked by two people he was unable to identify on January 29th,” the statement continued.
Smollett was indicted on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men.
AP reports that a spokeswoman for Cook County prosecutors didn’t immediately responded to messages requesting comment.
Jussie reportedly will get his $10K bond money returned, and that's that on that
Prosecutor Kim Foxx said in a statement that the case was dropped because he would only receive community service if convicted, and she says he's already done his service to the community and he has actually forfeited his bond to the city of Chicago.
ABC News legal expert Dan Abrams says it actually sounds like the prosecution had a hole in their case.
Jussie and his legal team pulled up at the courthouse in Chicago and left with some good news for the "Empire" star: Prosecuters have dropped all 16 charges against him!
Jussie was facing multiple felony charges after being indicted by the Cook County grand jury. He was accused of allegedly falsifying reports about being the victim of a hate crime near his home. Now, his record has been wiped clean.
Jussie himself hasn't yet said his piece, but his lawyers are talking.
"He was a victim who was vilified and made to appear as a perpetrator as a result of false and inappropriate remarks made to the public causing an inappropriate rush to judgement," his attorneys Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes said in a just released statement.
Here's their statement in full:
According to TMZ sources, the police superintendent saying publicly that the check Jussie wrote to the alleged "fake attackers" was payment for the crime, may have something to do with it:
A source close to Jussie says the prosecution's case "disintegrated." As we reported, there were issues with the $3,500 check the 2 brothers received from Jussie. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson had said the money was payment for the fake attack, but it appears it was actually for physical training.
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