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CHICAGO — The Cook County state's attorney Kim Foxx says she won't comment further on the Jussie Smollett case in Chicago until a county inspector general finishes his review of prosecutors' decision to drop charges against the “Empire” actor.
Foxx said in a written statement Friday that she doesn't want any comments by her to interfere with the inspector general's work compiling “reliable and accurate records” on the matter.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and others criticized the decision by Foxx's office last month to drop charges accusing Smollett of staging a racist, anti-gay attack against himself in January.
Foxx has publicly defended the dismissal of charges.
She said Friday she would engage in “a candid conversation” about the case only after the inspector general submits his findings.
Foxx requested the review.
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LOS ANGELES — Roman Polanski is asking a judge to restore his membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after he was expelled for misconduct last year.Lawyers for the 85-year-old director filed documents Friday requesting that a court compel the academy to make him a member in good standing again.Nearly a year ago, the organization made the rare move of expelling Polanski and Bill Cosby.The academy then rejected Polanski's appeal of the decision. Friday's filing says that by not allowing Polanski and his lawyer to argue his case in person, the academy violated its own rules.The academy didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.Polanski has been a fugitive for more than 40 years. He fled the U.S. after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor.
