Hate Crime Or Publicity Stunt? Chicago Jury To Hear Case In Jussie Smollett Trial

On a frigid Chicago night in January 2019, actor Jussie Smollett, a star on the TV drama "Empire," reported that he was the victim of a hatemotivated street attack, but police later accused him of staging the whole affair as a publicity stunt.

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