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Jussie Smollett could face more than a decade in prison

By Jerry Dunleavy
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Jussie Smollett could face more than a decade in prison

Jussie Smollett, an actor in the television show “Empire,” could face more than a decade in prison if charged with and convicted of staging two alleged hate crime incidents against himself.

Chicago Police announced Wednesday that Smollett is now suspected of filing a false police report about the Jan. 29, 2019 attack that he may have organized against himself with brothers Abimbola ‘Abel’ Osundairo and Olabinjo ‘Ola’ Osundairo.

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