Chicago police release hundreds of files from investigation into actor Jussie Smollett's claim he was attacked by two men in January.
FILE - In this March 26, 2019, file photo, actor Jussie Smollett smiles and waves to supporters before leaving Cook County Court after his charges were dropped in Chicago. A judge has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the decision by Cook County prosecutors do dismiss all charges against Smollett.
“Yeah,” said Smollett, before unwinding the white rope, loosening it and placing it on the kitchen counter. “He has a friend close to the inner circle of the subject. The friend shared that the entire event was orchestrated by .” The release of documents and video was not expected to shed much new light on what happened — largely because so much information has already been made public. In February, for example, when the charges were announced, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson laid out in minute detail how investigators came to conclude that the incident was not a hate crime as Smollett claimed but a carefully staged hoax directed by the actor himself to promote his career.
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