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Jussie Smollett trial date set after judge denies dismissal request - Page Six

Jussie Smollett trial date set after judge denies dismissal request - Page Six

Jussie Smollett trial date set after judge denies dismissal request - Page Six
Oct 16, 2021 48 secs

Actor Jussie Smollett will face trial over his alleged hate crime hoax beginning in late November, after a Chicago judge on Friday denied his lawyer’s Hail Mary pass at getting the case dismissed.

An attorney for the former “Empire” star argued that hauling Smollett into court would amount to a violation of his rights, since he had already performed community service and given up a $10,000 bond as part of a previous on-prosecution agreement with the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

But Judge James Linn disagreed, saying that he would not interrupt the case, which is now being led by a special prosecutor appointed by another judge.

He was charged with filing a false police report when investigators discovered he allegedly paid two brothers to stage a hate crime against him because he was unhappy with his salary. 

A judge then assigned a special prosecutor to the case, who charged Smollett with six new counts of disorderly conduct in Feb

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