Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of staging fake hate crime

Jussie Smollett convicted of staging attack, lying to police

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was convicted Thursday on five of six charges he staged an anti-gay, racist attack on himself nearly three years ago and then lied to Chicago police about it.

Jussie Smollett convicted of staging attack, lying to police

His attorney declared Smollett's innocence again Thursday after the jury found him guilty on five of six counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police.

Jussie Smollett Found Guilty of Falsely Reporting Hate Crime

The "Empire" actor is being convicted after filing a fake police report back in 2019, claiming he had been a victim of a racist and homophobic assault. Get the details!

Jussie Smollett Found Guilty of Staging Attack

The jury in the case of actor Jussie Smollett has reached a guilty verdict in his trial on five felony charges that he faked a hate crime and was responsible for orchestrating it in January 2019.The jury deliberated for just over nine hours Wednesday and Thursday after the one week trial saw closing testimony and arguments Wednesday afternoon.Smollett, 39, convicted on five counts of disorderly conduct, a class 4 felony, is facing potential sent…

Jussie Smollett found guilty for lying about alleged hate crime

Jussie Smollett was convicted for lying to police about a racist, homophobic attack nearly three years after his report of a horrifying hate crime.

Jussie Smollett found guilty of lying about racist, homophobic attack

US actor Jussie Smollett has been found guilty of lying to police when he claimed to be a victim of a racist and homophobic assault at his trial this week. Smollett has stood by his denials that he staged the attack himself even as prosecutors said he “lied for hours” on the stand as he […]The post Jussie Smollett found guilty of lying about racist, homophobic attack appeared first on Euro Weekly News Spain.