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		</div><p>Empire actor Jussie Smollett has pleaded not guilty to the charges accusing him of lying to police about being attacked in Chicago a few weeks ago.</p>
<p>The 36-year-old actor’s lawyer, Tina Glandian, entered the plea on Smollett’s behalf after Judge Steven Watkins was assigned to oversee the case, including the trial.</p>
<p>The next court date was scheduled for April 17.</p>
<p>Smollett is charged with 16 counts of disorderly conduct.</p>
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<p>Prosecutors allege that the actor, who is black and gay, hired two friends to help stage an attack on him in downtown Chicago early on the morning of January 29.</p>
<p>Police say Smollett told detectives that two masked men beat him while hurling racist and homophobic slurs, and that they poured an unknown substance on him and hung a noose around his neck before fleeing.</p>
<p>Smollett has denied staging the attack and maintains his innocence.</p>
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