Jussie Smollett was in the news for concocting a fake hate crime against his person. He was friends with the machine and the case was dropped. Now this from the Chicago Tribune:
Judge orders sealed court records in aborted Jussie Smollett prosecution to be made public
A Cook County judge Thursday ordered the case file in the aborted prosecution of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett unsealed, marking a victory for the Chicago Tribune and other news organizations and adding another twist to a case with seemingly no end to controversy.
Smollett’s attorney had succeeded in sealing the court records at the same unannounced hearing in March at which State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office abruptly dropped all charges that the actor had staged a hate crime attack on himself.
After news organizations sought to unseal the records, Smollett’s legal team opposed the request, citing the actor’s privacy rights.
But Circuit Judge Steven Watkins held that those privacy rights had been trumped by Smollett and his attorneys going before the cameras to declare his innocence.
Let the sun shine in - there needs to be equal justice for all.
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