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Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged on Tuesday in a six-count felony indictment with staging a phony hate crime, nearly a year after similar charges were abruptly dismissed by local prosecutors. via SABCNewsOnline

Smollett has continued to insist that he was telling the truth when he reported that he was accosted by two masked men.

The six-count grand jury indictment accuses Smollett, 37, who is black and openly gay, of making four separate false reports to Chicago Police Department officers related to his account that he was the victim of a hate crime.dismissal of the earlier charges A Cook County grand jury returned the new indictment of Smollett at Webb’s recommendation after nearly a year of investigation by his office.

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