This week Empire star Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty to 6 felony counts of disorderly conduct after the case of his Chicago hate crime hoax was reopened by a Special Prosecutor [click here if you missed that].
Jussie continues to proclaim his innocence...
Jussie tells The Daily Mail
'The truth is the best defense. The truth which they know nothing about.'
'It is definitely frustrating but you just gotta, it's fight or die at this point, right. I don't claim to be innocent, I am innocent.'
