Jussie Smollett fails in attempt to have charges dismissed

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A judge has denied Empire actor Jussie Smollett's last ditch attempt to dismiss his criminal case for allegedly lying to police when he reported that he was the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack, and a date has been set for trial.

Smollett, 39, had told police that two masked men attacked him in downtown Chicago in January 2019, where he was filming Empire.

He was charged weeks later with filing a false police report, after investigators concluded that he staged the attack and paid two brothers to carry it out because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted to promote his career.

An attorney for the former Empire actor, who played Jamal Lyon on the show, said Smollett's rights were being violated.

He has already performed community service and given up a $10,000 bond under a previous deal with Cook County prosecutors to drop charges.

'A deal is a deal. That's ancient principle,' attorney Nenye Uche said.

But Judge James Linn noted that Smollett's case now was being led by a special prosecutor appointed by another judge, an arrangement that he would not upset.

I wonder if Smollett has been a victim of remote electronic harassment?
This must always be a consideration when people do absurdly stupid things.

He should be charged with a hate crime.

He should be charged with a hate crime.

And what about the mind rapists, if they have been involved?
They get off scot-free, obviously.

Mind rapists? Seriously? Lets keep it to the real world not the fantasy world.

Remote electronic harassment is a thing.
I have personally experienced it.

Did it compel you to fake a hate crime?