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b'Actor Jussie Smollett\\u2019s Chicago trial on charges that he faked a hate crime attack on himself has begun. 39-year-old Smollett was starring in the television show \\u201cEmpire\\u201d when he claimed he was attacked by two men who hurled racial and homophobic slurs at him. They also left a noose around his neck. Two brothers who worked as extras on \\u201cEmpire\\u201d later came forward and said Smollett had paid them to \\u201cattack\\u201d him. Prosecutors charged the actor but Cook County Prosecutor Kim Foxx dropped all the charges in return for community service and forfeiture of his bond. Outrage prompted the appointment of a special prosecutor, who indicted Smollett on six disorderly conduct charges. Joining Nancy Grace Today:Prof. Brian Levin - Director, Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, California State University (San Bernardino), Co-author: "The Limits of Dissent", CSUSB.edu/Hate-and-Extremism-Center, Twitter: @proflevinLAWYER -\\xa0Wendy\\xa0Patrick\\xa0- California prosecutor, author \\u201cRed Flags\\u201d www.wendypatrickphd.com \'Today with Dr.\\xa0Wendy\' on KCBQ in San Diego, Twitter: @WendyPatrickPHD Dr.\\xa0Angela\\xa0Arnold\\xa0- Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA, www.angelaarnoldmd.com, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial HospitalJoe\\xa0Scott\\xa0Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph\\xa0Scott\\xa0Morgan"Alexis\\xa0Tereszcuk - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, Lead Stories dot Com, Twitter: @swimmie2009 TIP LINE: Chicago Police Department\\xa0(312) 746-6000'