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The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, the one-time star of the TV drama "Empire", for staging a hate crime against himself in 2019. The court ...
Empire star Jussie Smollett’s controversial conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself and lied to police has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme ...
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax conviction. "Today we resolve a question about the State’s responsibility to honor the agreements it makes ...
“This was not a prosecution based on facts, rather it was a vindictive persecution and such a proceeding has no place in our criminal justice system," Smollett's attorney, Nenye Uche, said in a statement. Uche said “rule of law was the big winner today” and thanked the court for "restoring order to Illinois’ criminal law jurisprudence.”
Jussie Smollett’s conviction has been overturned, Us Weekly can confirm. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in favor of Smollett’s appeal on Thursday, November 21. “Today we resolve a question ...
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 .
Jussie Smollett says he was 'numb' after alleged hate crime hoax Smollett recalled the emotional aftermath of his high-profile hate crime case in his interview with People magazine. "I was numb ...
Jussie Smollett in 2016. On January 29, 2019, American actor Jussie Smollett approached the Chicago Police Department and reported a hate crime that he had staged earlier that morning. [1][2] He planned the fake hate crime with two Nigerian-American brothers, Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, who had worked as extras on the set of television ...