Jussie Smollett
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Jussie Smollett (born June 21, 1982) is an American actor and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1987. His movies include The Mighty Ducks (1992) and Rob Reiner's North (1994).[1]
Smollett released his first extended play album, The Poisoned Hearts Club in 2012.
Smollett was born in Santa Rosa, California. Some sources say he was born in 1982. Others say he was born in 1983.[2]
In the justice system[change | change source]
Smollett was indicted on February 20, 2019, for disorderly conduct. Authorities have taken him to court, for an incident that is sometimes known as the 2019 hate crime hoax.
He paid two men to attack him, and he filed a false police report.[3] On March 26, 2019, Smollett's defense team reached a deal with prosecutors. They agreed to drop all charges. Smollett agreed to perform community service and lose the money he paid for his bail.[4] In December 2021, Smollett was convicted of five felony counts of disorderly conduct,[5] and he was sentenced in March 2022 to 150 days in county jail.[6] The 150-day sentence is not final, yet (as of March 2023).[7][8]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Jussie Smollett". Biographies. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ↑ "Jussie Smollett". Biography.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ↑ Nemetz, Dave (February 20, 2019). "Jussie Smollett Indicted, Charged With Felony for Filing False Police Report". TVLine. United States: TVLine Media, LLC (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ↑ Crepeau, Megan; Buckley, Madeline (March 26, 2019). "Cook County prosecutors drop all charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett". Chicago Tribune. United States: Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ↑ O'Brien, Brendan (December 10, 2021). "Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of staging fake hate crime". Reuters. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
Jussie Smollett, one-time star of the TV drama Empire, was found guilty on Thursday of staging a hate crime against himself in what prosecutors said was a bid to gain sympathy and boost his career. Prosecutors said Smollett, who is Black and gay, lied to police when he told them that he was accosted on a dark Chicago street by two masked strangers in January 2019... The Cook County Circuit Court jury, which deliberated for nine hours, found Smollett, 39, guilty of five of the six felony disorderly conduct counts he faced, one for each time he was accused of lying to police.
- ↑ "Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail, 30 months of probation". WGN-TV. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ Maddaus, Gene (2023-03-02). "Jussie Smollett Appeals 150-Day Jail Sentence in Hate Crime Hoax". Variety. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County, Criminal Division, Cook County, Illinois" (PDF). Appellate Court of Illinois. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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