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Jussie Smollett: Special prosecutor says state attorney’s office engaged in “substantial abuses”

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the actor told police he was attacked near downtown Chicago and that he was subject to racist and homophobic slurs by two unknown men, who also poured bleach on him and wrapped a noose around his neck.Authorities investigated the claims and determined that Smollett orchestrated the scheme.

In February 2019, he was arrested for and charged with allegedly filing a false police report. Smollett plead not guilty to these initial charges, and the charges were dropped in March 2019.Cook County State’s Attorney Foxx recused herself from the case about a week after the initial charges, days before they were suddenly dropped.

Amid criticism, she asked for a special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate her office’s handling of the case.According.

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