Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to staging racist and homophobic attack on himself
The Empire actor Jussie Smollett has pleaded not guilty to six new charges related to the alleged staging of a racist and homophobic attack on himself.
A year after he was first charged over a strange and seemingly bizarre incident in Chicago last year, the 37-year-old appeared back in court wearing sunglasses and with a beard.
He was surrounded by his legal team a mass of reporters, photographers and camera crews.
His lawyer, Tina Glandian, entered the not guilty pleas on his behalf to six counts of felony disorderly conduct.
She also told the judge, James Linn, that she had asked the Illinois Supreme Court to halt the case.
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