Actor Jussie Smollett is standing trial in Chicago for allegedly faking a hate crime. Here's what you need to know about the case.
in late January 2019, after telling police and the media that two men had hit him, hung a noose around his neck and yelled a pro-Donald Trump slogan along with racist and antigay slurs.
A Chicago police detective testified at the trial that law enforcement spent days trying to find the alleged assailants and ended up determining that Mr. Smollett had paid the men to . Lawyers involved in the case have agreed to not comment publicly during the trial. Mr. Smollett has entered a plea of not guilty.
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