Jussie Smollett reacts to jail sentence for staging hate crime: 'I am not suicidal'
“If anything happens to me when I go in there, I did not do it to myself,” said Smollett. “And you must all know that.”
Jussie Smollett sentencing: Ex-'Empire' actor gets 150 days in Cook County Jail for hate crime hoax
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.
Jussie Smollett sentencing: Supporters write letters to judge asking for leniency for ex-Empire actor
Some supporters noted that they feared for the actor being in prison as a Black gay man.
Judge allows cameras at Jussie Smollett sentencing
A Cook County judge will allow news cameras to broadcast the sentencing hearing for former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett next month after he previously rejected their presence in the courtroom.
Jussie Smollett sentencing date set in hate crime hoax case: report
Jussie Smollett will be sentenced on March 10 after he was convicted of five of six counts in his hate crime hoax case, Fox News Digital can confirm.
Kim Foxx will discuss Jussie Smollett case after his sentencing, sources say
"So that indicated to me that she's trying to hide something. When a public official, particularly your state's attorney, wants to seal a file, red flags should go off in all of our heads," said former Appeals Court Judge Sheila O'Brien, who has called on Kim Foxx to resign.
Jussie Smollett update: Confidential report released on Foxx's handling of case
A Cook County judge signed an order Monday allowing the release of a 60-page confidential report detailing State's Attorney Kim Foxx's handling of the Jussie Smollett case.
Jussie Smollett case: Special prosecutor asks judge for permission to release confidential report
An earlier, much shorter version of special prosecutor Dan Webb’s 60-page report concluded that Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx repeatedly made false public statements about Jussie Smollett and the case against him.