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Jussie Smollett’s Trial For Allegedly Staging a Hate Crime Is Set to Begin

The criminal trial for actor Jussie Smollett is slated to begin on Monday, nearly three years after the former “Empire” star allegedly staged a hate crime.

Smollett, 39, was charged with six counts of felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report after allegedly arranging a hate crime against himself.

The actor claimed that he was hit by two men in Chicago in January 2019, and that they tied a noose around his neck and shouted racist, homophobic and pro-Trump rallying cries. However, investigators found that the two men who allegedly performed the attack were brothers who knew the actor, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Read the source article at The Hill

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