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Judge, defense attorney question why woman charged with filing false police report isn't being treated like actor Jussie Smollett

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - Last month, a criminal case against a Hoffman Estates, Ill., woman became tied to the legal drama surrounding Jussie Smollett when a judge, saying the situation "smells, big time," asked why the woman was being "treated differently" than the actor by Cook County prosecutors.

And now the woman has acquired a new attorney to help her fight the felony charge of disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report, the same

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