ET. "As I said from the very beginning, we welcomed the non-political review and that's ongoing. Please enable JavaScript for a better experience. Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Chicago after a special prosecutor re-investigated allegations hefalsely reported being the victim of a January 2019 hate-crime attack, officials said. The filed motion for a stay and dismissal of special prosecutor Dan Webb’s February 11 move of six renewed charges claims that “the recent Smollett indictment wasn’t proper because the special prosecutor was appointed incorrectly.”. News. Actor Jussie Smollett is back in court in Chicago on charges he allegedly lied to police about being targeted in a hate crime attack; Matt Finn reports from the courthouse. On the small screen, a Smollett-less Empire is back on Fox for its last episodes on March 3. "I didn't need to add anything like that. After another investigation by special prosecutor Dan Webb, six counts of the same charges were filed against Smollett, to which he pleaded not guilty earlier this year. Actress Jurnee Smollett, brother of hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett, says HBO’s latest racially charged drama, "Lovecraft Country," is a fictional reflection of a segregation and Jim Crow-era America that black people "are still on that quest today in 2020" to overcome. In a stunning move, Foxx office dropped all charges against Smollett in March despite acknowledging Smollett fabricated a street attack on himself in an attempt to get a pay raise. Smollett, who allegedly paid the brothers $3,500 to help him stage the attack, was charged with lying to police before the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office announced it was dropping the charges. Smollett made "numerous false statements to Chicago Police Department officers on multiple occasions, reporting a heinous hate crime he, in fact, knew had not occurred," according to Webb. Webb said the Office of the Special Prosecutor has "now completed all of its investigative steps regarding Jussie Smollett, and has made the decision to further prosecute Mr. There's no which way you cut it. In addition to that, the court rejected Smollett’s bid to remove the special prosecutor in the case. Smollett, 37, was indicted on six counts of disorderly conduct related to making four separate false reports to Chicago Police Department officers, claiming he was the victim of a hate crime while "knowing he was not the victim of a crime," special prosecutor Dan Webb said in a statement on Tuesday. ", In his statement, Webb noted that Foxx's office said in a March 2019 press release that the Smollett case was resolved "under the same criteria that would be available for any defendant with similar circumstances. The case has taken some twists and turns over recent days. Webb reached "no conclusions" on whether the Office of the Cook County State's Attorney or individuals in the office "engaged in any wrongdoing in connection with the Smollett investigation.". Actor Jussie Smollett will appear in court Thursday for a … What Really Happened to Jussie Smollett? In yet another strange twist in a story that has been full of them, attorney Gloria Schmidt Rodriguez said in a statement that Abimbola (Abel) and Olabinjo (Ola) Osundairo changed their minds after a 9mm handgun that was seized during a search of their home last year was located after it went missing. Updated 6 months ago The case against Jussie Smollett is not officially closed. 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett is being indicted on six counts of disorderly conduct for lying to the Chicago police. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. Smollett “must be in court, each and every time,” Judge Watkins said. She left the decision on the disposition of the case to Joe Magats, the first assistant state attorney in Cook County. I just wouldn't. Smollett, who is black and gay, told police at the time of the alleged attack that two masked men attacked him as he was walking home in the early hours of Jan. 29, 2019. To say that he was exonerated by us or anyone is not true," Magats said at the time. ", "This has been an incredibly difficult time," he added. From CNN's Bill Kirkos and Steve Almasy. EARLIER: Almost two weeks after being newly indicted on felony charges arising from the alleged fake hate crime attack of January 2019, Jussie Smollett was back in court today, in more ways than one. But make no mistake I will always continue to fight for justice, equality and betterment of marginalized people everywhere.". This video is unavailable … He added: “I would understand if we were defendants in the case, which we are not.”. The about-face by the brothers came just hours after various media outlets reported that the brothers at the center of the case against the actor were, according to their lawyer, finished cooperating because of the missing gun and their feeling that the police department’s lawyers were treating them like suspects. Defense waived reading of the charges in court, and Glandian entered formal plea of “not guilty” for Smollett. "It's politics," she said. Police said Smollett's story of being the victim of an attack began to unravel when police tracked down two men, brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, who they said were seen in a security video near where Smollett claimed he was assaulted and around the same time it supposedly occurred. The judge agreed to allow Smollett to travel to California and New York to meet with his lawyers. His legal team said it welcomes cameras in court due to what it described as "misinformation" leaked to the media since he reported his attack in January. "For me, the main thing was the idea that I somehow switched up my story, you know? The embattled actor was indicted by a grand jury over making false police reports last year following an alleged attack in Chicago. In deciding whether to pursue further charges against Smollett, Webb weighed the "extensive nature of Mr. Smollett's false police reports" and the resources expended by the Chicago Police Department" to investigate his bogus claims, Webb's statement reads. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. 2019 fabricated hate crime Jussie Smollett, 2018 On January 29, 2019, American actor Jussie Smollett went to Chicago police and alleged he was assaulted during the early morning hours at the 300 block of East Lower North Water Street in Chicago 's Streeterville by two people he described as white men, wearing MAGA hats.

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