Tag: Jussie Smollett

CHICAGO - An Illinois appeals court upheld Jussie Smollett's conviction for a staged hate crime in an opinion filed Friday. The actor, who is Black and gay, reported to Chicago ...

CHICAGO - Two brothers who participated in a choreographed attack on Jussie Smollett as part of what the men now say was a fake hate crime hoax can move forward ...

CHICAGO - An appeals court ordered the release of Jussie Smollett from the Cook County Jail on Wednesday as the appeal of his conviction remains pending, Fox News reported. Smollett ...

Jussie Smollett allegedly told his defense team that his jail sentence of 150 days is because he is black. TMZ reported that sources in touch with the former "Empire" actor ...

CHICAGO - Kim Foxx, the Cook County State’s Attorney harshly criticized the legal team behind the criminal prosecution of Jussie Smollett for doing what she was incapable of accomplishing—justice. Foxx wrote in an op-ed "justice ...

CHICAGO - Jussie Smollett was sentenced on Thursday for staging a dramatic hate crime hoax that became an international story as his attorneys continued to fight to have the case ...

CHICAGO -- Now that Jussie Smollett has been convicted -- with no help from the Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx -- the attention has returned to her handling of ...

CHICAGO -- The City of Chicago remains resolved to go after after convicted felon Jussie Smollett for more than $100,000 in costs incurred by CPD during their investigation into the ...

Everyone is now keenly aware of the hoax by Jussie Smollett. In case you just returned from a three year sabbatical in the woods, here is a quick summary. On ...

CHICAGO -- The jury in the Jussie Smollett trial returned a guilty verdict on five of six counts Thursday afternoon, according to Brett Baier during a live Fox News broadcast. ...