Former 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail Thursday for staging a racist and homophobic attack and lying to Chicago police in 2019.
"The Jussie I know and love does not match up with the media’s portrayal of him," Molly Smollett, 92, told the court during the hearing. "I ask you, judge, not to send him to prison," she said, later adding, "If you do, send me along with him, OK?"More than three years after Jussie Smollett told police he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago, the former 'Empire' actor will find out Thursday whether he's going to prison.
Brown also asked that the city be compensated for its costs, saying the cost of investigating his claim could have been spent elsewhere in the city.JUSSIE SMOLLETT SUPPORTERS WRITE LETTERS TO JUDGE ASKING FOR LENIENCY Jussie Smollett's brother speaks ahead of court, 'He is going to be sentenced for something he did not do'
Smollett will eventually learn if a judge will order him locked up for his conviction of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he orchestrated himself or allow him to remain free. Before the sentencing began, Linn rejected a motion from the defense to overturn the jury’s verdict on legal grounds. Judges rarely grant such motions.
Thursday’s sentencing could be the final chapter in a criminal case, subject to appeal, that made international headlines when 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.The Jussie Smollett saga could end this week with his sentencing.
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