The release of hundreds of emails and texts comes as State’s Attorney Kim Foxx continues to explain and defend her office’s decision to drop the charges against Jussie Smollett, a TV star who was accused of faking a hate crime against himself. https://t.co/rZkXVMKcMb
- WBEZ (@WBEZ) April 18, 2019

Yesterday, the Cook County State Attorney's office ( Read more... )

Chicago PD wants $130K from Jussie Smollett to cover hate crime probe https://t.co/vZiowjmAFS pic.twitter.com/Bd4EPYNhSi
- Page Six (@PageSix) March 28, 2019

( Nigerian brothers may have worn whiteface according to Smollet lawyer )

JUST IN: President Trump says the FBI and the Department of Justice will review the Jussie Smollett case after a prosecutor unexpectedly dropped all charges against the "Empire" actor, who was accused of staging an assault on himself in Chicago https://t.co/7jprTP2Zbs pic.twitter.com/O6xyfXdDmR
- CNN (@CNN) March 28, 2019

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Taraji P. Henson always believed Jussie Smollett's innocence, "because I know him and I know his track record," she says. https://t.co/hVVjRMYKCH
- USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 26, 2019

Taraji P. Henson, Smollett's co-star on Empire, said that she believed in his innocence from the beginning "because I know him and I know his track record."

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#𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: All Charges Against Jussie Smollett Have Been 𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗗 https://t.co/New28g5Qu5
- TMZ (@TMZ) March 26, 2019

Statement from Jussie's lawyers: Today, all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped and his record has been wiped clean of the filing of this tragic complaint against him. Jussie was attacked by 2 people he was unable ( Read more... )

Supporters rallied outside this morning as actor Jussie Smollett walked into the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. https://t.co/MNxEyJGp23 pic.twitter.com/fEe5JcN0JA
- Ashlee Rezin (@Ashlee_Rezin) March 14, 2019

Jussie Smollett walked into the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. ABC7Chicago says that Smollett will plead not guilty. Smollett's defense team ( Read more... )

Judge will allow cameras in the courtroom for Jussie Smollett’s next hearing for filing a false police report in an alleged hate crime hoax, @samjcharles and @agrimm34 report. https://t.co/4f1OH9Jx0V
- Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) March 12, 2019

Jussie Smollett was back in court today since his arrest ( Read more... )

A Chicago grand jury on Friday indicted #Empire actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts for allegedly lying to police about a supposed hate crime attack, according to multiple reports https://t.co/v9RU87luuf
- Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 8, 2019

There is also an internal investigation in the Chicago Police Department into who has been leaking ( Read more... )

ok for the record was I hurt by not receiving a **** phonecall? absolutely. am I sincere about giving new #candyman my blessing. truth. the character is immortal. btw just received an offer to voice a worldwide documentary. so sometimes the spirits
align
- Tony Todd (@TonyTodd54) March 6, 2019
Though Tony Todd is hurt that he wasn't contacted for ( Read more... )

EXCLUSIVE: Jussie Smollett may be looking at homophobic tweets from Nigerian brothers as he begins to mount defense.https://t.co/M4CejUdkFs
- The Blast (@TheBlastNews) February 25, 2019

The tweets are from 2013 and shows one of the brothers ragging on someone for following the openly gay R&B singer, Frank Ocean.


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