“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been released from jail—after just six days behind bars. He was released Wednesday night after an appeals court ruled he could go free while his conviction appeal is pending. Smollett was found guilty in December of staging a hate crime against himself.
Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail Thursday after he was convicted on five felony counts of disorderly conduct. Smollett’s convictions stem from a January 2019 incident in which he was accused of lying to police about being the victim of a possible hate crime.
Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police about being a victim of an attack he orchestrated himself. At the hearing, Smollett repeatedly declared he is “not suicidal.” The one-time star of the TV drama “Empire” had asserted the attack happened in January 2019. A jury in December 2021 found Smollett, 39, […]
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and prosecutors in her office lied and misled the public about the case against Jussie Smollett, according to a special prosecutor’s case released Monday. Foxx, a Democrat whose campaign was backed by billionaire George Soros, initially said there was a “strong case” against Smollett for faking a hate crime […]
New York City passes a major bill putting it one step closer to expanding voting rights to non-citizens, the FDA expands the Pfizer booster shot to people aged 16 and 17, and a jury rules that actor Jussie Smollett staged a fake attack on himself, then lied to Chicago police about it.
A prosecutor on Wednesday told jurors that actor Jussie Smollett staged an attack on himself in Chicago in 2019 for publicity before lying to police about the matter. Special prosecutor Dan Webb said that the former “Empire” actor’s alleged lies caused Chicago Police to spend precious resources and time on investigating an alleged hate crime […]
Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying about an alleged hate crime, took the stand in his own trial on Monday. Smollett, 39, was charged with six counts of disorderly conduct on suspicion of making false reports to police over an alleged race-based attack that occurred in the winter of 2019 in […]
In this episode of Kash’s Corner, we take a closer look at three high-profile trials currently making their way through the courts: Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and business associate of Jeffrey Epstein; Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood-testing company Theranos, who is accused of wire fraud and conspiracy; and Jussie Smollett, the “Empire” […]
On a frigid Chicago night in January 2019, actor Jussie Smollett, a star on the TV drama “Empire,” reported that he was the victim of a hate-motivated street attack, but police later accused him of staging the whole affair as a publicity stunt. The case went to trial on Monday in Cook County Circuit Court, […]
CHICAGO—A special prosecutor in Chicago said Monday that Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office repeatedly abused their discretion and made false public statements in the case against actor Jussie Smollett last year, but he concluded they did nothing criminal. In his findings released Monday after a monthslong investigation, special prosecutor Dan Webb […]
A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett who accused the city of Chicago of malicious prosecution in concluding that his claim to having been the victim of a racist and homophobic beating was a hoax.
Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty on Feb. 24 to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself last year in Chicago and falsely reporting to police that the phony attack was real.
White House responds to ambassador to the EU’s ‘quid pro quo’ claims; Trump visits plant that makes Apple’s Mac pro; GM sues rival Fiat Chrysler, alleges racketeering in union deals; CDC sounds alarm on deadly anti-biotic resistant fungus; Jussie Smollett files counterclaim against Chicago police and the city.
Actor Jussie Smollett, lashed back at a post in social media that was comparing him to a schoolgirl who claimed she was held to the ground by 3 white boys and had her dreadlocks cut off.
