Coverage dated October 14, 2021 to October 16, 2021
Jussie Smollett's criminal case to proceed to trial
Headline from Miami County Republic, on the newest of 2 developments
Jussie Smollett's criminal case will proceed to trial, despite his attempts to have it dismissed.
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Judge firms up trial date for Smollett, won't dismiss case
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Jussie Smollett's criminal case to proceed to trial
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge on Friday denied a last-ditch effort to dismiss a criminal case against actor Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported
After more than two and a half years of dramatic developments in the Jussie Smollett case, the former “Empire” actor is officially slated to go to trial in late November.
An attorney for the former “Empire” actor said Smollett's rights were being violated since he had already performed community service and given up a $10,000 bond under a previous deal with Cook County prosecutors to drop charges.
Jussie Smollett told police in 2019 that two masked men attacked him when he was in Chicago working on “Empire.” But he was charged weeks later with filing a false
It’s truly pathetic that this case has dragged on this long. It has been two years and 9 months since the alleged attack took place (January 2019). Smollett was named a suspect in his own “...
