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Actor Jussie Smollett sentenced to jail time for falsely reporting hate crime
Actor Jussie Smollett loudly declared his innocence Thursday after being sentenced to jail time for falsely reporting a hate crime; CBS2's Dick Brennan reports.
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Actor Jussie Smollett loudly declared his innocence Thursday after being sentenced to jail time for falsely reporting a hate crime; CBS2's Dick Brennan reports.
A Chicago judge sentenced actor Jussie Smollett to prison time for lying to police in a hate crime hoax; CBS2's Dick Brennan reports.
Smollett shouted "I am not suicidal. I am innocent, and I am not suicidal" after he was sentenced and ordered to immediately report to jail.
Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was convicted on five counts Thursday evening on charges he orchestrated a fake hate crime against himself nearly three years ago, while jurors acquitted him of one other count.
Actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted on new charges for reporting a bias attack Chicago Police say was a hoax.
Chicago Police have released body cam footage of officers arriving at actor Jussie Smollett's home on the night they say he staged an attack on himself.
The show's producers also cut out Smollett's character from the final episodes of this season.
"It is an embarrassment to our Nation!" the president wrote.
Now that he's avoided prosecution in criminal court, can embattled actor Jussie Smollett survive the court of public opinion?
Less than two weeks after "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about a hate crime, prosecutors have dropped charges in the case.
Smollett pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of disorderly conduct Thursday in Chicago.
Jussie Smollett is now facing deeper legal troubles after a grand jury returned 16 felony counts against the actor for falsely reporting a hate crime attack against him in January.
A day after he was arrested for allegedly faking a hate crime because he was upset with his salary on "Empire," actor Jussie Smollett appears to be losing his role on the hit TV show.
"Smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career," Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said in a news conference Thursday morning.
The two brothers involved in the Jussie Smollett attack told police that Smollett was behind creating a racist letter that was sent to the set of his show "Empire," sources confirmed to CBS Chicago.
"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, upset after a racist letter was allegedly sent to the show's studio didn't get a "bigger reaction," is suspected of paying two men to attack him a week later
Police said they have reached out to Smollett's attorney to request a follow-up interview, after detectives questioned two brothers last week. The two men went from persons of interest to potential suspects to being released without charges
Jussie Smollett paid two brothers to stage an attack against him, directed them to buy items used in the alleged assault and actually rehearsed it with them, sources told CBS Chicago.
Sources tell CBS Chicago at least one of the brothers bought the rope used in the incident at Smollett's request.
Since the Jan. 29 incident, Chicago police have not been able to identify any legitimate suspects in the case or find any surveillance video capturing the attack on film.
The Chicago Police Department received a report of a possible racially-charged assault and battery against an "Empire" cast member. Sources told CBS Chicago the cast member is Jussie Smollett.
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