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Feb 6, 2024 · The former \"Empire\" actor was convicted of lying about a hate crime in 2019 and served six days in jail. He appealed the conviction, arguing that he should not have been punished twice for the same crime, but the appeals court upheld it.
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Story by Associated Press. • 5mo • 2 min read. An appeals court on Friday upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic...
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Mar 27, 2024 · By JOHN O’CONNOR. Updated 2:13 PM PDT, March 27, 2024. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett’s disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, then lying to Chicago police about it.
Dec 10, 2021 · Updated 9:46 PM ET, Thu December 9, 2021. What we're covering. Jussie Smollett has been found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for making false reports to police that he was a victim...
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Dec 9, 2021 · A jury in Chicago found the actor Jussie Smollett guilty on Thursday of falsely reporting to the police that he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic assault in 2019, an attack that...
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- Mark Guarino
Dec 10, 2021 · A jury found the former \"Empire\" actor guilty of five of six counts of felony disorderly conduct for faking a hate crime in 2019. He faces up to three years in prison and denied staging the attack with two brothers he paid.
Dec 10, 2021 · A jury in Cook County, Ill., has found actor Jussie Smollett guilty of felony disorderly conduct for staging a fake hate crime nearly three years ago.