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Actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 26, 2022. Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from convictions that he staged a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied about it to Chicago police. His petition filed Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, asks the state’s highest court to hear the case two months after an appeals court upheld his disorderly conduct convictions. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) **FILE**

Actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 26, 2022. Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from convictions that he staged a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied about it to Chicago police. His petition filed Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, asks the state’s highest court to hear the case two months after an appeals court upheld his disorderly conduct convictions. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) **FILE**

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