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Nearly six years after actor Jussie Smollett was accused of staging a hate-crime hoax in downtown Chicago and lying to police, an Illinois Supreme Court decision overturned his conviction over ...
Jussie Smollett has faith he'll get justice.. The actor and former "Empire" star, who was found guilty in 2021 of staging a racist and homophobic attack in January 2019, reflected on healing from ...
Empire actor Jussie Smollett, who was found guilty in 2021 of felony disorderly conduct stemming from a false police report he filed, has had his conviction overturned. As first reported by the ...
Jussie Smollett’s hate crime hoax case has taken yet another sharp and surprising turn.. The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the Empire actor’s conviction on charges that he staged a ...
Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax conviction was overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday. The actor had been convicted of five felony counts in December 2021.
On January 22, 2019, a letter arrived at the Chicago studio of Smollett's employer. The letter was addressed to Smollett and had a drawing depicting a stick figure hanging from a tree with a gun pointing towards it, as well as lettered magazine clippings reading "Smollett, Jussie you will die" and "MAGA".
The actor claimed two men assaulted him, spouted racial and homophobic slurs, and tossed a noose around his neck in downtown Chicago while he was filming the show Empire in 2019.
Jussie Smollett (/ ˈ dʒ ʌ s i s m ə l ˈ ɛ t /, born June 21, 1982) [1] is an American actor and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1991 debuting in The Mighty Ducks (1992). From 2015 to 2019, Smollett portrayed musician Jamal Lyon in the Fox drama series Empire .