Judge orders sealed court records in aborted Jussie Smollett prosecution made public

[madville]

Source: CHICAGO TRIBUNE

A Cook County judge ordered the case file in the aborted prosecution of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett unsealed Thursday in a victory for the Chicago Tribune and other news organizations.

Smollett’s attorney succeeded in sealing the court records at the same unannounced hearing in 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 Judge Steven Watkins held that those privacy rights had been trumped after Smollett and his attorneys went before the cameras to declare his innocence

Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-jussie-smollett-sealed-court-records-20190523-story.html

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I've been wanting to see the actual evidence and what was presented to the Grand Jury.

[snowybirdie]

1. Enough Already!

This story is growing whiskers

[madville]

2. Yeah, no one wants to see the details of one of the

Largest and most ridiculous hoaxes we'll see in our lifetimes.

[snowybirdie]

4. Oh please!

A second rate actor in a second rate show who is stupid. Let's move on. Chicago has bigger problems methinks

[DrToast]

7. Sounds familiar. Lemme guess...witch hunt?

[oldsoftie]

8. Good one!!!

[rpannier]

11. It's not about the actor, his show or your opinion of either

It is about whether someone dropped the ball on a prosecution, or if someone pulled strings to get it dropped
If it's a legit dropping then at least people will know that it was

[USALiberal]

3. He needs to be exposed. nt

[madville]

5. Someone pulled some strings somewhere to get him out of it

Everyone deserves to see the truth.

What I find ridiculous is that he claims to be innocent. Ok, say he was, that means his attackers are still out there running free, why has neither he or his representatives made any public statements about them finding them and bringing them to justice?

[eggplant]

6. Like OJ!

[oldsoftie]

9. Exactly.

[oldsoftie]

10. There was never any legal reason to seal them to start with, far as i know.

If my records wouldnt be sealed, then neither should his.

NOT a lawyer.

[corbettkroehler]

12. Eye Bleach Alert! Voldemort Was Right To Call For An FBI Investigation

Hate crimes are not limited to minorities as victims. Minorities can be slime balls, too. It is clear that this whole mess contained more details than were known by the general public and somebody's civil rights were violated.