More bad news for Jussie Smollett

The bad news just keeps coming for actor Jussie Smollett in his ongoing legal drama surrounding that alleged hate crime he may or may not have staged in January 2019.

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A federal judge just dismissed his malicious prosecution lawsuit against the city of Chicago and several police officers.

Quick recap: In April of last year, the city of Chicago sued the Empire actor for the $130,000 it had to pay in overtime to police officers tasked with investigating the alleged hate crime.

Then in November, Smollett countersued, insisting that he didn’t have to pay anything because he had already forfeited his $10,000 bond to the city “as payment in full in connection with the dismissal of the charges against him.”

The counter lawsuit also stated that the actor was the victim of a malicious prosecution that caused him public humiliation and extreme distress.

But U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall was not swayed by Smollett’s argument.

Yesterday, she ruled that…

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