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  Smollett and his attorneys have denied the allegations against him. Mark Gergaos, who represents Smollett, told Access Hollywood on Friday that "we will push back against them."
  "The way that this has played out, there was a motivation to do damage to him, and we'll prove that," Gergaos said.
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