Jussie Smollett charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly filing false report

Jussie Smollett and Taraji P. Henson.
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Actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report about an assault that took place in Chicago in January, the Cook County state's attorney's office announced Wednesday night.

Earlier in the day, Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted that Smollett was being investigated for filing a false police report, which is a felony, and detectives were presenting evidence before a Cook County Grand Jury.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.