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Posted Thursday 9/10/20 at 3:31AM EDT
Jussie Smollett says "it’s been difficult to be so quiet" in his first interview since February 2019
The former Empire star broke his silence Wednesday night on his ongoing legal battle over his alleged January 2019 hate...
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Posted Monday 8/17/20 at 3:17PM EDT
Cook County's top prosecutor engaged in "abuses of discretion" in the Jussie Smollett case
A special prosecutor found that Cook County state’s attorney Kim Foxx's team didn't violate the law in her handling of...
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Posted Wednesday 8/05/20 at 3:16PM EDT
Jurnee Smollett on brother Jussie Smollett's alleged hate crime hoax: "It's been f*cking painful"
The Lovecraft Country star is speaking out about her brother's alleged hate crime for the first time in an interview...
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Posted Thursday 4/23/20 at 2:53AM EDT
Judge tosses Jussie Smollett's lawsuit against the city of Chicago and several of its police officers
A federal judge dismissed Smollett's countersuit after Chicago sued him to reimburse more than $130,000 in paid overtime.
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Posted Monday 2/24/20 at 12:44PM EST
Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty in Chicago to new charges of filing a false police report
The Empire alum was arraigned this morning on the six new charges after he allegedly lied about being the victim...
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Jussie Smollett indicted again for allegedly staging hate crime attack
A Cook County grand jury today indicted the former Empire star on six counts for allegedly making false police reports...
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Posted Tuesday 1/07/20 at 9:24PM EST
Fox: Jussie Smollett will not return to Empire for the final episodes
“He will not be coming back,” Fox Entertainment president Michael Thorn said, addressing rumors that Smollett might come back in...
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Posted Tuesday 12/17/19 at 3:45PM EST
Empire is considering bringing Jussie Smollett back before wrapping up the series
“It would be weird in my mind to end this family show and this family drama of which he was...
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Posted Wednesday 11/20/19 at 1:02PM EST
Jussie Smollett files countersuit against Chicago over his "malicious prosecution"
The former Empire star responded to the city of Chicago filing suit against him for $130,000 with his own counterclaim...
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Posted Tuesday 10/22/19 at 1:25PM EDT
Federal judge allows Chicago's lawsuit against Jussie Smollett to proceed
The former Empire star's lawyers tried to have the city's lawsuit aiming to recoup $130,000 for the police department's exhaustive...
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Posted Saturday 10/12/19 at 1:09AM EDT
Law & Order: SVU's Jussie Smollett-inspired episode was surprisingly nuanced
It was refreshing to see Law & Order: Special Victims Unit this week portray a polarizing real-world case without leaning...
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Posted Tuesday 10/01/19 at 1:07PM EDT
Jussie Smollett fires back at comparisons between him and the girl who lied about having her dreadlocks hacked off
On Monday, the family of Amari Allen, a black girl in the 6th grade who claimed three white boys attacked...
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Posted Wednesday 9/25/19 at 1:21PM EDT
Terrence Howard misses Jussie Smollett on Empire: "He’s snatched away from us...He was the heart of our show"
James Corden asked about Smollett during Howard's visit last night to The Late Late Show.
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Posted Wednesday 9/25/19 at 4:41AM EDT
Empire boss promises the Season 6 premiere mystery will be solved much faster than last season's casket case
“I think even more than last season with the casket I think this flash-forward is going to live and evolve...
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Posted Wednesday 9/11/19 at 2:02PM EDT
Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson say they miss Jussie Smollett on the Empire set
“I was closest to Jussie.