Jussie Smollett
publication date: Thursday, March 7, 2019 (part of Spring 2019)
category: 
Hoaxes
clue: After he was indicted for faking a hate crime against him, one could ask: Is he really even a Chicago-based actor who has appeared in Empire and Marshall?
difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, Aaron Shurtleff, and Stan Iwanchuk
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