Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged on Tuesday in a six-count indictment. He's accused of falsely claiming to Chicago police that he had been the victim of a hate crime. The indictment came nearly a year after Cook County prosecutors dropped earlier charges accusing Smollet of staging a phony hate crime. Smollett is black and openly gay. The dismissal of the earlier charge drew an outcry from the city’s police department.