Posted on 03/07/2020 12:28:42 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The Illinois Supreme Court has rejected actor Jussie Smollett's request to dismiss a case in which he's accused of falsely reporting that he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack near his Chicago home.
The court on Friday also refused to remove a special prosecutor who filed the charges.
Smollett, 37, pleaded not guilty last month to a six-count grand jury indictment in the case. After entering the not guilty pleas, Judge James Linn set bond at $20,000 and released the Empire actor on his own recognizance, ordering him to return to court March 18.
Smollett -- who is black and openly gay -- was indicted in February by a special grand jury that accused him of filing false police reports in connection with a January 2019 incident in which he said he was attacked by two white men who looped a noose around his neck and poured bleach on him after taunting him with racial and homophobic remarks.
In a case that divided the nation along lines of race and sexual orientation, police ultimately said the incident was a hoax and that Smollett staged the assault to bolster his career, and charged him with 16 counts of disorderly conduct. Those charges were dropped a month later in a controversial move by Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx.
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Maybe the Jewish half accounts for the intricate cleverness of his racism hoax. /S
yes, for any anyone still wanting to complain about how racist our justice system is, just observe how hard it is to put this obviously guilty brother into prison.
None.
What would this d-bags reaction have been if hordes of blacks decided to burn down American cities?
"Wow. Oh, well."
Yea your right.
I wonder whatever happened to the federal charges...maybe after the election...
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