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‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett charged with filing false police report

"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was charged Wednesday with making a false police report when he said he was attacked in downtown Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said.

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Feb 20, 2019, 10:23 AM

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