Jussie Smollett faces 6 new charges in Chicago

Actor Jussie Smollett became indicted Tuesday for a 2d time on prices of mendacity to police. Approximately a racist and anti-homosexual assault he allegedly staged on himself in downtown Chicago, renewing a divisive crook case that drew international interest remaining 12 months.

The indictment got here from a unique prosecutor who became appointed after Cook County prosecutors dropped the equal prices remaining March.

The new prices had been positive to reignite among the tensions that surrounded Jussie Smollett a 12 months ago. When his claims first emerged, he drew a groundswell of assist from lovers and celebrities and gave an emotional tv interview approximately the assault.

The case got here to mirror the polarized country of political discourse in America. Many Democrats to start with referred to as it a surprising example of Trump-technology racism and hate, at the same time as Republicans depicted it as but some other instance of liberals speeding to judgment and disparaging the president`s supporters as bigots.

Smollett, who’s black and homosexual, became at the beginning charged with disorderly behavior in February 2019 for allegedly staging the assault and mendacity approximately it to investigators. The allegations had been dropped the subsequent month with little explanation, angering police officers and then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Bringing up the usage of the equal detectives who had been a part of the unique research into the assault to behavior the modern-day probe, in spite of Smollett`s pending civil claims towards the metropolis and law enforcement officials for malicious prosecution.