'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett cleared of charges in alleged hoax attack: lawyers

Illinois prosecutors drop charges against 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett

- Illinois prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges that accused “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett of staging a phony hate crime attack to gain publicity, his attorneys said in a statement.

“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,” attorneys Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes said.In the statement, his attorneys said Smollett was a “victim who was vilified and made to appear as a perpetrator.”

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