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Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to staging Chicago attack

By Tim Pearce
Published February 24, 2020 6:50pm ET
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Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to staging Chicago attack
Actor Jussie Smollett appears in a courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Feb. 24, 2020, where he plead not guilty to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself and falsely reporting it to police.

Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty to charges related to a hate crime he allegedly staged in Chicago in January 2019.

The indictment released on Monday includes six charges accusing Smollett of staging the incident and reporting a fake hate crime to police in order to gain media attention and help further his career, according to NBC News.

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