Former 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett received 30-months probation Thursday, and the first 150 days must be spent in Cook County Jail for staging a racist and homophobic attack and lying to Chicago police in 2019.
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Jussie Smollett scheduled to be sentenced for lying to police in hate crime hoax
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Jussie Smollett sentencing: Ex-'Empire' actor gets 150 days in jail for hate crime hoax
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Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday after being convicted of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack he staged in Chicago, but how much jail time could he face?
Hate crime hoaxer and disgraced actor Jussie Smollett is set to be sentenced on Thursday after being found guilty of lying to police over his the staged attack he made against himself in January 2019.
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
CHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett is scheduled to return to court on Thursday, where he will learn if a judge will order him locked up for his conviction of
More than three years after Jussie Smollett told police he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago, the former 'Empire' actor will find out Thursday whether he's going to prison.
By Brad Parks, Omar Jimenez and Jason Hanna, CNN Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is scheduled to be sentenced in a Chicago court Thursday after being convicted last year of staging a fake hate crime — though his attorneys will first try to persuade a judge to set aside the guilty verdict.
Initial charges brought in February 2019 that accused the former "Empire" actor of faking the assault were soon after tossed. But in February 2020, after a special prosecutor looked into
Jussie Smollett’s sentencing hearing is still not over. It started at 2:25 p.m. EST, 25 minutes late because Smollett didn’t bother to show up on time. At the time of publishing, it is sti...
On Thursday, Jussie Smollett, onetime star of the TV show "Empire," returns for sentencing to the courtroom where he was found guilty of lying to police about an attack prosecutors
CHICAGO (AP) — The twists, turns and oddities of the legal saga surrounding Jussie Smollett’s claim in 2019 that he was the target of a racist and homophobic attack in
Jussie Smollett will be sentenced Thursday for his conviction on charges that he lied to Chicago police when the former "Empire" actor reported being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack more than three years ago.
Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday following his conviction for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack he staged in Chicago.
By Brad Parks, Omar Jimenez and Jason Hanna, CNN Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is scheduled to be sentenced in a Chicago court Thursday after being convicted last year of falsely reporting to police that he was the victim of a hate crime — though his attorneys will first try to persuade a ju…
More than three years after Jussie Smollett told police he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago, the former 'Empire' actor will find out Thursday whether he's going to prison.
CHICAGO — After three years of twists and turns, Jussie Smollett’s roller-coaster criminal case could finally come to an end Thursday when the actor is
Former 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett received 30-months probation Thursday, and the first 150 days must be spent in Cook County Jail for staging a racist and homophobic attack and lying to Chicago police in 2019.
CHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett is back in court in Chicago to learn if a judge will order him locked up for his conviction of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he orchestrated or allow him to remain free. Smollett, who is Black and gay, has denied that he participated
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge sentenced Jussie Smollett to 150 days in jail, branding the Black and gay actor a narcissistic charlatan for staging a hate crime against himself to
After an emotional day of testimony on both sides, actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail in connection to a staged hate crime that occurred in Chicago in Jan. 2019.
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