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After three years, the trial for Jussie Smollett is about to begin this week after the actor allegedly staged a hate crime attack to get attention.

The former “Empire” star was charged with felony disorderly conduct after law enforcement and prosecutors said he lied to police about what happened in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2019, in downtown Chicago.

Smollett told police he was walking home from a Subway sandwich shop at 2 a.m. when two men allegedly recognized him from his hit TV show and began hurling racial and homophobic slurs at him.

Smollet said the men struck him, looped a makeshift noose around his neck and shouted, “This is MAGA country,” which is a reference to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan.

Outrage grew over the attack, but then it shifted to Smollet after investigators said it was all a hoax.

Investigators said Smollet actually paid two Nigerian brothers $3,500 to pretend to attack him, and said he did so to further his career and secure a higher salary.

Smollet is sticking to his story and has pleaded not guilty.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday.

Disorderly conduct, a Class 4 felony, carries a sentence of up to three years in prison but experts feel he is going to get off easy, either way. They say, if convicted, it is more likely that Smollett would be placed on probation and perhaps ordered to perform community service.