Jussie Smollett Empire

• Jussie Smollett files countersuit against Chicago for ‘humiliation, extreme emotional distress’

  The counterclaim alleges that the Chicago Police Department "obtained false and unreliable statements from the Osundairo Brothers."

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  Nov 20, 2019
  
• Jussie Smollett deal was in the works when charges dropped, documents reveal

  Jussie Smollett was charged with 16 counts alleging he lied to police when reporting he'd been the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in January.

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  May 31, 2019
  
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• ‘Empire’ cancelled, Season 6 of the show will be its last

  Fox CEO Charlie Collier revealed the decision on Monday morning to end 'Empire' with Season 6.

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  May 13, 2019
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• ‘Empire’ renewed, but ‘no plans’ for Jussie Smollett to return

  Jussie Smollett's Jamal Lyon will not be returning to the show for Season 6.

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  May 1, 2019
• ‘Empire’ cast pens letter in support of Jussie Smollett’s return to show

  'He is also innocent and no longer subject to legal uncertainty with the criminal charges against him having been dropped,' the letter read.

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  Apr 25, 2019
• Brothers in Jussie Smollett case file defamation suit against star’s legal team

  The Osundairo brothers maintain their innocence in the alleged attack and claim that Jussie Smollett planned and staged everything.

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  Apr 23, 2019
• Jussie Smollett case: Prosecutor Kim Foxx suggests race is involved in backlash

  'I have been asking myself for the last two weeks what is this really about,' Cook County State’s prosecutor Kim Foxx said.

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  Apr 8, 2019
• Smollett refuses to pay over $130K to reimburse costs of investigation: City of Chicago

  The City of Chicago says Jussie Smollett has refused to a sum of over $130,000 to reimburse costs of investigating what authorities say was a staged racist, anti-gay attack.

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  Apr 4, 2019
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• Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to lying about attack

  He scheduled the next hearing for April 17.

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  Mar 14, 2019
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• Lawyer for Jussie Smollett says 16-count indictment is ‘overkill’

  The reasons Smollett is facing 16 counts rather than just one count of disorderly conduct are not fully explained in the indictment that a grand jury returned.

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  Mar 9, 2019