Jussie Is Innocent' 'Empire' Star Jussie Smollett Sentenced to 150 Days in County Jail for Staging Hate Crime, Lying to Authorities 'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett Found Guilty of Staging Hate ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself in Chicago in 2019.

In January 2019, actor Jussie Smollett told police he had been the victim of a hate crime. His account of what happened that night has been disputed, resulting in a messy, public legal battle with ...

Actor Jussie Smollett, right, departs with his mother Janet from the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, after jurors began deliberations in his disorderly conduct ...

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has all but vanished from public view in the year since Chicago detectives accused him of paying two brothers to stage a racist and anti-gay attack on him ...

More than two years after actor Jussie Smollett was accused of faking a hate crime against himself, both the prosecution and defense focused on the credibility of the brothers who claimed they were ...

The second brother accused of conspiring with former Empire star Jussie Smollett to stage a racist ... also to curry favor” with the successful actor, who might have been able to help him ...

Illinois appeals court affirms actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions and sentencing An appeals court has upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of ...

The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday overturned the 2021 felony conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, ruling he should not have been prosecuted a second time after the charges against him had been ...

WATCH LIVE: Jussie Smollett's lawyers and brother hold news conference following the actor's release from jail A court ordered the release of Jussie Smollett from jail on bond as the appeal of his ...

THE 2019 "attack" on Empire actor Jussie Smollett gripped the globe with dozens of high profile celebrities and public figures leaping to his defence. But months later it emerged the star had ...