Jussie Smollett

2022 - 3 - 11

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Jussie Smollett jailed for 150 days in fake racist attack (Aljazeera.com)

US actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to almost five months in prison after being found guilty of falsely telling police he was the victim of a racist and ...

But Linn also excoriated Smollett as a narcissist and pronounced himself astounded by his actions given the actor’s multiracial family background and ties to social justice work. “His conduct denigrated hate crimes,” Webb said after the hearing. “I am innocent,” he yelled, raising his fist. But after Linn issued his decision, Smollett removed the face mask he wore throughout the hearing to proclaim himself innocent. And if anything happens to me when I go in there, I did not do it to myself. “This was premeditated to the extreme…

Jussie Smollett, Once an 'Empire' Star, Is Now in the Cook County Jail (The New York Times)

On Thursday evening, Mr. Smollett began serving a five-month sentence for falsely reporting a hate crime, a conviction he plans to appeal.

In addition to the jail time, Mr. Smollett was sentenced to more than two years of probation, plus a fine of $25,000 and restitution of more than $120,000 to offset the city’s cost in investigating the case. The defense had argued that the brothers carried out the attack to scare Mr. Smollett into hiring them as his security detail. Judge Linn cited several factors, including Mr. Smollett’s testimony on the witness stand, which the judge described as “pure perjury,” in explaining why he ordered some jail time. They did not mention in their arguments a concern about the specific realities of incarceration at the Chicago jail, which some social justice advocates have described as having a “culture of brutality and violence” in the highest security units. He was attacked.” - His Sentence: The actorwas sentenced to five months in jailafter pleas for leniencyfrom supporters. Mr. Webb said after the sentencing that he was struck by the extent to which Mr. Smollett was unwilling to express any remorse for the damage he had done. Analysts say it could take years for the case to come to an end. “Of course someone like that should be in protective custody.” In arguing for leniency at the hearing, Mr. Smollett’s lawyers had emphasized evidence of Mr. Smollett’s good character and said they supported his contention of innocence, urging he be given a new trial or, at the least, probation. The actor Jussie Smollett was found guilty in December of falsely reporting that he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic assault in 2019. “All you need to do is log onto various media, social media, to see some of the nasty things said about him,” Mr. Uche said.

Jussie Smollett will serve 150 days in jail for lying about an attack on ... (WYPR)

The former Empire actor was convicted on five felony counts of lying to police, but he has maintained that he did not stage the 2019 attack in which he ...

"Jussie Smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career," then Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters in February 2019. The jury found him guilty on five counts of felony disorderly conduct, but he was acquitted of a sixth count. Prosecutors asked the judge to sentence Smollett to "an appropriate amount of prison time." I ask you, the judge, not to send him to prison. He also must pay a fine of $25,000 and more than $120,000 in restitution to the city of Chicago. He pointed out that victims may be more hesitant to come forward as a result of Smollett's deception.

Actor Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police ... (The Guardian)

Empire actor was found guilty in December in the attack that he orchestrated and must also serve 30 months of probation.

He said Smollett “has lost nearly everything” in his career and finances and asked that Linn give him time to make restitution if that is part of the sentence. Smollett declined to make a statement at the hearing. Brown asked that the city be compensated for its costs, saying the cost of investigating his claim could have been spent elsewhere in the city. Witnesses for both the state and Smollett testified at Smollett’s sentencing at the Cook county courthouse. “If I did this, then it means that I stuck my fist in the fears of Black Americans in this country for over 400 years and the fears of the LGBT community,” Smollett said, standing up at the defense table as his lawyers and sheriff’s deputies surrounded him. Smollett, who is Black and gay, reported to police that two men wearing ski masks beat him, and hurled racial and homophobic slurs at him on a dark Chicago street and ran off.

Actor Jussie Smollett sentenced to probation, jail time for staging ... (ABC News)

Actor Jussie Smollett, one-time star of the TV drama Empire, is sentenced in a Chicago court to 30 months' probation and 150 days in jail for staging a hate ...

Smollett's acting career declined after the incident. Smollett was found guilty by a jury in December of five of the six felony disorderly conduct counts he faced, one for each time he was accused of lying to police. Actor Jussie Smollett, one-time cast member of the TV drama Empire, was sentenced in a Chicago court to 30 months' probation and 150 days in jail for staging a hate crime against himself.

US actor Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in prison for lying to ... (9News)

The former ''Empire" actor was found to have faked a hate crime against himself to generate publicity.

"I stand by my findings and rulings. Smollett testified in his own defence to deny any such plan and said he paid the brothers only for training advice and nutritional tips. Conditional discharge is a release with stipulations but without probational supervision. They testified that Smollett directed them and paid them to stage the attack in an attempt to garner sympathetic media coverage. The sentencing is the latest event in a winding case entangled in issues of racism, homophobia, celebrity, policing and fraud. Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 30 months of probation, ordered to pay a US$25,000 ($33,982) fine and spend 150 days in jail for making false reports to police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019.