Jussie Smollett, right, stands beside his attorney, Patricia Brown Holmes, at a press conference in Chicago after prosecutors on Tuesday dropped felony charges accusing him of faking a racist, anti-gay attack on himself. The “Empire” star agreed to do community service and let the city keep his $10,000 bail exchange for the deal.
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Dismissal of charges raises more questions in Smollett case
Prosecutors still insist Jussie Smollett faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in the hopes that the attention would advance his acting career. The star of the hit Fox network television show “Empire” still says he was assaulted by two men late at night in downtown Chicago.
