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Judge rules to unseal court records in Jussie Smollett case

By Zach Halaschak
Published May 23, 2019 8:01pm ET
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Judge rules to unseal court records in Jussie Smollett case
Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, after prosecutors dropped all charges against him. Smollett had been indicted on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs. | (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

A judge ordered records to be unsealed from “Empire” star Jussie Smollett’s criminal case, a move that will reveal more information about the controversy surrounding the 36-year-old actor.

Cook County Judge Steven Watkins made the decision Thursday after attorneys representing media outlets pushed to get the records unsealed.

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