why did kim foxx drop charges against jussie smollett
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Judge Unseals Records in Jussie Smollett Case
A Chicago judge ruled Thursday to make public the arrest records and ultimate case dismissal for Jussie Smollett, the Empire actor embroiled in controversy earlier this year after authorities accused him of faking a racist and homophobic attack on himself. The ruling comes in response to a demand by various news media, which argued opening…
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Chicago Judge in Jussie Smollett Special Prosecutor Case Reassigns Matter to New Jurist
The judge who was to decide whether to appoint a special prosecutor to look into how all charges came to be dropped against Jussie Smollett has decided to let a different judge handle it. Judge LeRoy Martin Jr. said Friday he was not recusing himself from the case, merely reassigning it. Martin came under scrutiny…
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1 Petition to Investigate Jussie Smollett Case Dropped, 1 Remains
After Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s announced that she would no longer be seeking to prosecute Empire actor Jussie Smollett on charges that he made a false report to police in the aftermath of what authorities say was a staged racist and homophobic attack, both a prosecutor in her office as well as a…
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Prosecutor Kim Foxx Defends Decision in Jussie Smollett Case, Calls Police Backlash 'Disheartening'
At an event hosted by the Reverend Jesse Jackson last weekend, Cook County Prosecutor Kim Foxx held the line on her office’s decision to dismiss charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett, whom Chicago Police say orchestrated a hate-crime hoax in January. As Page Six reports, Foxx gave a press conference at the Saturday Rainbow PUSH…