The Empire actor's attorney has called the 16 felony counts 'redundant and vindictive.'
actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday to allegedly filing a false police report and staging a hate crime.
“At first it was a thing of like, listen, if I tell the truth then that’s it ’cause it’s the truth,” Smollett said of his skeptics. “Then it became a thing of like, oh, how can you doubt that? Like, how do you not believe that? It’s the truth." "Jussie Smollett knew that ... there was no reasonable ground for believing that such offenses had been committed,"When Smollett’s alleged attack was initially reported, the case made national headlines and people supported the actor. As police continued to investigate, it was uncertain how much evidence of the attack there actually was.
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