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| ('abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jussie-smolletts-3500-check-texts-brothers-alleged-attack/story', 3)       | The check was dated Jan. 23 , six days before Smollett >>>claims he was attacked in a hate crime<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jussie-smolletts-3500-check-texts-brothers-alleged-attack/story', 29)      | While being questioned by investigators , >>>the brothers claimed that Smollett paid them $ 3,500 to help orchestrate and stage the crime<<< after he became upset that a letter threatening him , sent Jan. 22 to the Fox studio where the television series " Empire " is filmed , did not get enough attention , law enforcement sources told ABC News . |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/taraji-henson-weighs-empire-star-jussie-smolletts-case/story', 10)         | On Jan. 29 , >>>Smollett said he was attacked<<< late at night near by two masked men in Chicago .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/view-hosts-react-jussie-smolletts-allegedly-staged-attack/story', 0)       | Following the arrest of >>>Jussie Smollet<<< , co-hosts on " The View " shared their thoughts on the Chicago Police Department alleging that he faked a hate crime .                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/Politics/rallies-roundtables-ranch-dressing-weekly-roundup-2020-field/story', 14)        | Booker , along with fellow presidential candidate , Sen. Kamala Harris , were questioned about their immediate >>>responses to the January attack<<< on actor Jussie Smollett as police uncovered information indicating Smollett may have staged the incident .                                                                                            |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-lashes-bubba-wallace-nascar-noose-investigation-confederate/story', 22)   | She brought up examples of questionable hate crime reports such as the >>>case of Jussie Smollett<<< , who has been accused of staging a racist and homophobic attack on himself .                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-homicides-statistics-major-drop-months-2019/story', 16)                       | The department has been dealing with the ongoing investigation over the possibility that " Empire " actor Jussie Smollett may have >>>staged a hate crime<<< in the city , and in January , officer Jason Van Dyke was sentenced to 81 months in prison for the shooting death of black teen Laquan McDonald .                                              |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-police-department-launches-internal-investigation-jussie-smollett/story', 11) | While being questioned by investigators , >>>the brothers claimed Smollett paid them $ 3,500 to help orchestrate and stage the crime<<< after he became upset that a letter threatening him , sent Jan. 22 to the Fox studio where the television series " Empire " is filmed , did not get enough attention , law enforcement sources told ABC News .      |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-sues-jussie-smollett-130000-spent-alleged-hate/story', 0)                     | The City of Chicago has sued Jussie Smollett over the $ 130,000 it says was spent to investigate >>>a fake hate crime allegation<<< made by the actor .                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/city-chicago-asks-empire-actor-jussie-smollett-pay/story', 6)                         | If the fee is not paid in >>>a " timely "<<< manner , the Chicago Department of Law will prosecute Smollett for making the " false " Jan. 29 statement , the letter warned .                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/empire-actor-jussie-smollett-appears-emergency-court-hearing/story', 6)               | Asked again whether he believes Smollett >>>fabricated the incident<<< , Magats replied , " Yes . "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/empire-actor-jussie-smollett-appears-emergency-court-hearing/story', 21)              | Smollett >>>appeared<<< at an emergency court hearing in Chicago Tuesday , where prosecutors told a judge they were dismissing the 16 charges of disorderly conduct and filing a false police report against the 36-year-old actor .                                                                                                                        |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/empire-actor-jussie-smollett-indicted-special-prosecutor-chicago/story', 1)           | Former " Empire " actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Chicago after a special prosecutor re-investigated allegations >>>hefalsely reported<<< being the victim of a January 2019 hate-crime attack , officials said .                                                                                                             |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/grand-jury-returns-16-count-felony-indictment-empire/story', 7)                       | The first set is related to >>>what Smollett told officers about the alleged attack<<< , including that the attackers called him racial and homophobic slurs , struck him with their hands , put a noose around his neck , and poured some sort of chemical substance on him .                                                                              |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/grand-jury-returns-16-count-felony-indictment-empire/story', 9)                       | The second set of charges are related to >>>the second interview Smollett<<< had with police about the alleged attack later that day .                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/grand-jury-returns-16-count-felony-indictment-empire/story', 20)                      | >>>Smollett told police<<< he was attacked by two masked men near his apartment in Chicago at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 29 .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/grand-jury-returns-16-count-felony-indictment-empire/story', 23)                      | Police identified and questioned >>>two " persons of interest "<<< captured on surveillance video near the scene around the time of the alleged attack .                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/grand-jury-returns-16-count-felony-indictment-empire/story', 26)                      | While >>>being questioned by investigators<<< , the brothers claimed that Smollett paid them $ 3,500 to help orchestrate and stage the crime after he became upset that a threatening letter addressed to him and delivered on Jan. 22 to the Fox studio where " Empire " is filmed did not get enough attention , law enforcement sources told ABC News .  |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/illinois-judge-orders-records-empire-actor-jussie-smollett/story', 9)                 | The agreement to drop the charges in the case came as a shock to Chicago Police Department investigators who had expended countless hours >>>probing Smollett 's claim<<< that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic street attack on Jan. 29 near his Chicago apartment .                                                                           |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/jussie-smollett-countersues-city-chicago-maliciously-prosecuting-bad/story', 1)       | Former " Empire " actor >>>Jussie Smollett<<< has filed a counter lawsuit against the city of Chicago , claiming that authorities " maliciously " prosecuted him after he claimed he was attacked by two masked assailants in January .                                                                                                                     |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/jussie-smollett-intimidated-paying-130000-chicago-investigation-lawyer/story', 0)     | Two days after prosecutors in Chicago unexpectedly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett , city officials gave the " Empire " actor a week to pay back $ 130,000 used to investigate >>>a hate crime in January that officials said was bogus<<< .                                                                                                    |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/jussie-smollett-skips-naacp-image-awards-chicago-prosecutor/story', 0)                | " Empire " actor Jussie Smollett skipped the NAACP Image Awards Dinner on Friday night as controversy continued to swirl around the dismissal of felony charges against him for >>>false reporting of a hate crime<<< .                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/police-release-video-jussie-smollett-noose-neck/story', 0)                            | Portions of police video obtained in connection to >>>the<<< Jussie Smollett case have been released , giving a never-before-seen-look into the controversial case .                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/prosecutors-dropped-charges-jussie-smollett-favor-alternative-resolution/story', 24)  | During that >>>Feb. 21<<< news conference , an emotional Johnson accused Smollett of taking " advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career . "                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('abcnews.go.com/US/states-attorney-kim-foxx-calls-jussie-smollett-washed/story', 33)                     | >>>The timeline<<< includes a 41-point , blow-by-blow description , from when Smollett first met the Ola and Abel Osundario -- the brothers who say Smollett paid them to help stage the attack -- in the fall of 2017 until the final allegation that Smollett continued to be in contact with the brothers days after the alleged attack .                |
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