Jussie Smollett has been found guilty.
is guilty of lying to Chicago cops, and the world, about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack, according to the jury -- or said more simply ... it was all a hoax.
Jurors found the"Empire" actor guilty of 5 of the 6 felony counts against him, and he stood stone-faced in court as the verdicts were read. Jussie was facing disorderly conduct charges for allegedly providing a false report to police ... with prosecutors ringing him up for each time he did it.The first 5 counts were for lying on Jan. 29, 2019 to cops -- that's the night of the staged attack.
The verdicts finally put the criminal side of this saga to bed. Jussie had maintained his innocence for years, insisting he did not hire brothers,to stage the racist and homophobic attack in the middle of a bitterly frigid Chicago night.
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