Gay black Empire actor Jussie Smollett gets off the hook

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In a real stinker, Cook County State’s Attorney’s office just announces it will not be prosecuting Jussie Smollett. Apparently, if you have connections with congressional leaders as well as the former administration the law doesn’t apply.

Smollett recently pled “not guilty” to 16 counts of disorderly conduct stemming from an alleged incident in which he claimed two men beat him, poured bleach on him and placed a rope around his neck before yelling, “This is MAGA country.” His lawyer, Tina Glandian, entered the plea on Smollett’s behalf just hours after Judge Steven Watkins was assigned the case. The next court date was scheduled for April 17th.

Early this morning, Smollett was brought in for an emergency court session in which the judge ruled the case against him would be dropped.

Doubt was cast on the open-and-shut nature of the case when Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham wrote the Justice Department following reports that Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx asked Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to let the FBI investigate Smollett’s allegations that he was attacked by two masked men after the former chief of staff to former first lady Michelle Obama allegedly informed Foxx that Smollett’s family had concerns about the probe.

According to local reports, Johnson was blindsided by Tuesday’s events and is expected to address the situation later in the day.

Smollett attorneys Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes said in a statement that Smollett’s record “has been wiped clean.”

Anne Kavanaugh, the crisis manager the actor hired, said Smollet is a “victim who was vilified and made to appear as a perpetrator as a result of false and inappropriate remarks made to the public causing an inappropriate rush to judgment.”

 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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