An Illinois appellate court has upheld Jussie Smollett’s conviction for staging a hate crime. According to Variety, the First District Appellate Court rejected his appeal in a 2-1 vote conducted on Friday. A jury convicted Smollet in December 2021. An Illinois judge sentenced him to 150 days in the Cook County jail for five felony […]
Actor Jussie Smollett filed a motion for a new trial or to throw out his conviction for falsely reporting a hate crime against him in 2019. He claims his constitutional rights were violated in biased jury selection and witness intimidation from the prosecution.
Jury selection is underway in the trial of former "Empire" star Jussie Smollett. The actor, who identifies as gay, was allegedly involved in a vicious hate crime attack in 2019 that left him badly bruised and hospitalized.