Life Jussie Smollett case timeline: Charges dropped against actor who went from victim to suspect March 27, 2019Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAYComments Off on Jussie Smollett case timeline: Charges dropped against actor who went from victim to suspect Three weeks after Jussie Smollett said he'd been the victim of a hate crime, the "Empire" star was charged with filing a false police report.