Jussie Smollett Set to Be Sentenced After Conviction of Staged Attack
Jussie Smollett, a former “Empire” actor, is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday after being found guilty of lying to police in a hate crime hoax. This comes three months after Smollett was found guilty on five of six…

Jussie Smollett, a former “Empire” actor, is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday after being found guilty of lying to police in a hate crime hoax.
This comes three months after Smollett was found guilty on five of six counts of disorderly conduct.
He received “one count for each separate time he was charged with lying to police in the days immediately after the alleged attack,” as USA Today put it.
One of the jurors in Smollett’s trial spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times, saying they “all thought we were doing Jussie a favor” acquitting him on the sixth charge.
Per CNN, “At a hearing for Smollett’s sentencing Thursday afternoon, attorneys are first expected to argue before Judge James Linn over the actor’s request to toss the verdict or grant him a new trial.”
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