Backlash, more questions after case against Jussie Smollett dismissed
Chicago - The "Empire" star still says he was assaulted by two men late at night in downtown Chicago.
"Where is the accountability in the system?" Emanuel asked. "You cannot have, because of a person's position, one set of rules apply to them and another set of rules apply to everybody else." In a statement, a spokeswoman for the Cook County prosecutors' office said the dismissal came "after reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case." Tandra Simonton called it "a just disposition and appropriate resolution" but said it was not an exoneration.
Authorities alleged that Smollett, who is black and gay, knew the men and arranged for them to pretend to attack him. "This situation is totally bizarre. It's highly, highly unusual," said Phil Turner, a Chicago defence attorney and former federal prosecutor with no ties to the case.
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