Prosecution drops charges against Jussie Smollett

Empire actor, , is free again as as all charges have been dropped against him.
He had been facing up to 48 years in prison on 16 felony counts of allegedly lying to police in the alleged racial and homophobic attack, will no longer be prosecuted.
TMZ reports that Jussie and his lawyers appeared in court on Tuesday morning for an emergency hearing.
It was agreed that Jussie will surrender his $10,000, though.
The State’s Attorney, Kim Foxx, told Chicago police she was dropping the case because Jussie would have only got community service if convicted and she said he has already performed community service so there is no point in prosecuting him.
Chicago police are reportedly “furious” about this and feel something untoward is going on with Kim Foxx.
Smollett’s lawyers announced the news in a statement where they said he was a ‘vilified’ victim, saying, “Today, all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped and his record has been wiped clean of the filing of this tragic complaint against him. Jussie was attacked by 2 people he was unable to identify on January 29th. He was 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.”