Case dropped against US actor accused of hate attack hoax: attorneys

US prosecutors dropped all charges Tuesday against television actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused offabricating a racist and homophobic hate crime, his attorneys said."Today, all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped and his record has been wiped clean," Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes said in a joint statement.The 36-year-old actor had denied 16 felony counts of allegedly masterminding a false attack on the streets of downtown Chicago to gain publicity and win a bigge