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Jussie Smollett Timeline: A Case With Twists and Turns

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Nearly three years have passed since the actor Jussie Smollett reported that he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago.

The police initially investigated the incident as a possible hate crime, then accused Mr. Smollett of staging the attack himself.

Charges were filed against Mr. Smollett, then dropped. A special prosecutor was appointed and charges were filed again, leading to his trial on charges of disorderly conduct for making a false report to the police.

Here’s a timeline of how we got here. Jan. 29, 2019: Mr. Smollett, who is Black and gay, tells the police that at about 2 a.m., two masked men, one of whom he believed to be white, attacked him on the 300 block of East Lower North Water Street in downtown.

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