CHICAGO — Attorneys for “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett say charges alleging he lied to police about an attack have been dropped. Smollett atto...

CHICAGO — Attorneys for “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett say charges alleging he lied to police about an attack have been dropped.

Smollett attorneys Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes said in a Tuesday morning statement that Smollett’s record “has been wiped clean.” Smollett was indicted on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs.

A spokeswoman for Cook County prosecutors didn’t immediately respond to messages requesting comment.