Nov. 29, 2021: Jury selection for Smollett's trial begins Monday. Dec. 7, 2021: The defense of Smollett rests its case after two days of emotional testimony by the actor. He alleged on the stand that the Osundario brothers, who had testified the previous week, were lying about their ...
Smollett takes case to Illinois Supreme Court Actor Jussie Smollett filed a petition Monday asking the Illinois Supreme Court to review a recent ruling in an Illinois appeals court. His attorneys say they found numerous error in his trial. ...
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Jussie Smollett's conviction surrounding his 2019 hate crime 'hoax' was overturned on Thursday. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Smollett's special prosecutor should not have intervened with new charges, after the state dropped their initial case against the 'Empire' star in 2019. Earlier ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett will be sentenced Thursday for his conviction on charges that he lied to Chicago police when the former “Empire” actor and R&B singer reported being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack more than three years
CHICAGO (AP) – Jussie Smollett on Tuesday repeatedly denied he staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself for publicity, telling a prosecutor as the trial neared its end that “there was no hoax on my part” and that two brothers who testified against him are “liars.” ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/jussie-smollett-sentencing-hearing-bid-for-new-trial-hate-crime-hoax/#post-update-25588755 link copied 6:50 PM / March 10, 2022 Judge sentences Smollett to 150 days in jail Calling former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, "a charlatan ...
Uche countered that Smollett turned down extra security when the studio offered it, and he told jurors there was not a “shred“ of physical and forensic evidence linking Smollett to the crime prosecutors allege. Testimony begins in the Jussie Smollett trial ...
Empire actor Jussie Smollett was arraigned on Thursday on a 16-count indictment of lying to police about being the victim of a hate crime. Smollett pleaded not guilty, according to “USA Today.” His attorney Tina Glandian entered the plea.