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Jussie Smollett claimed that he was a victim of a hate crime in January 2019 when two men allegedly jumped him and called him homophobic and racist slurs

Shortly after, however, police began investigating him and claimed he had paid two brothers to attack him for attention

Despite being found guilty of disorderly conduct, Smollett's conviction was overturned in November 2024 and he has maintained his innocence

In January 2019, Jussie Smollett alleged that he was a victim of a hate crime — but in the end, Smollett was the one facing charges.

Smollett, who identifies as gay and Black, claimed two masked men assaulted him , doused him with bleach, put a rope around his neck and called him homophobic and racial slurs. Prosecutors, however, alleged that the attack on the

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