to trial in the fall, rape and other charges in that case. we are one step closer to getting a look at all the evidence in the saga of empire actor jussie smollett. in illinois judge ordered his committal case file to be unsealed which should shed light on the controversy on the confusing case. mark meredith, great to have you with us. >> reporter: the documents were released today but we expect to learn a lot more in coming days about what chicago police and prosecutors knew about the jussie smollett case. it was january when jussie smollett said he was attacked and convicted of a hate crime. police accused him of staging the whole thing and charged him with disorderly conduct but prosecutor surprised many in march when they announced they were dropping the charges. ever since then media has tried to get access to the file. >> this is about transparency in the system and the public has a