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Jussie Smollett Trial Begins: Ex-‘Empire’ Star Is “The Real Victim,” Defense Tells Jury; Prosecutor Slams “Fake Hate Crime”

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The opening day of former Empire star Jussie Smollett’s felony trial in Chicago was long and painted two very different portraits of what actually went down in January 2019.Citing a “tremendous rush to judgment” over the seeming unraveling of Smollett’s version of the early winter morning racial and politically motivated attack on the Windy City streets, defense attorney Nenye Uche declared in his opening statement that “Jussie Smollett is a real victim.”That remark in front of a freshly selected and seated jury in Judge James Linn’s Cook County courtroom came on a nearly 11-hour day in what is expected to be a weeklong trial.Facing half a dozen disorderly conduct counts, Smollett could be heading behind bars for up to three years if found

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