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VIDEO: Jussie Smollett's legal team pushes back on 16 felony counts against the actor
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  • March 10, 2019

Jussie Smollett's legal team pushes back on 16 felony counts against the actor

The legal team called the indictment "vindictive" and insisted that the "Empire" actor was a victim of a hate crime, not the orchestrator of said crime.

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