The disgraced former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett got some devastating news from a federal judge this week when his request to dismiss his criminal case for allegedly lying to police about being the victim of a hate crime back in 2011 was denied.

Deadline reported that Smollett’s lawyers tried to argue that the judge was infringing on the actor’s rights because he had paid a $10,000 bond and performed community service under a deal made by a different prosecutor.

“A deal is a deal. That’s ancient principle,” the lawyer argued.

However, Judge James Linn of the Circuit Court of Cook County was not having any of it. He ruled on Friday that a different prosecutor hired by a different judge is now pursuing the case against Smollett.

“I’m denying the motion to dismiss,” Judge Linn said.

 

Smollett is a gay black man who claimed in 2019 that he was jumped by two men in Chicago, saying that they hurled racial and homophobic slurs at him while also shouting, “this is MAGA country.” Police later concluded that Smollett had staged this hate crime by hiring two men to attack him in the hopes of gaining publicity that would land him a higher salary on “Empire.”

Sean Wieber, an attorney with the special prosecutor’s office, said that yesterday, Smollett’s argument in court could be “summarily dismissed.”

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“We have already dealt with this before,” he said, according to USA Today. “Nothing we’ve heard today changes one iota (of the case). This can be comfortably denied.”

 

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx controversially dropped the charges against Smollett that he was initially hit with for allegedly lying to police, much to the dismay of millions of Americans who wanted to see him pay for what he has been accused of doing. A special prosecutor Dan Webb was then brought on to reexamine Smollett’s case, and he has since recharged Smollett.

In the wake of this scandal, Smollett has been written off “Empire” and disgraced by even the radically liberal world of Hollywood.

Smollett tried to play off the political and racial divisiveness that is tearing America apart for his own personal gain. We’re glad to see that Judge Linn seems to have no intention of letting him get away with this any longer.

Smollett’s trial is set to begin next month. It will undoubtedly be interesting to see how this plays out.

Find out more about this case in the video below.

This piece was written by James Samson on October 16, 2021. It originally appeared in RedVoiceMedia.com and is used by permission.

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