CHICAGO -- Jussie Smollett spent his first night behind bars after a judge sentenced him to five months for faking a racist and homophobic attack. Thursday's sentencing hearing ended dramatically as ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Attorneys for Jussie Smollett filed an appeal challenging the actor's disorderly conduct conviction. Smollett's defense argues the conviction should be overturned because his right to ...

In a stunning ruling Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the conviction of actor Jussie Smollett for an alleged hoax hate crime, a move that will spare the former “Empire” star a ...

Jussie Smollett recently reflected on his "darkest day"—his arrest five years ago for allegedly staging a hate crime. Despite facing multiple felony charges and a conviction for disorderly conduct, ...

The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the conviction of Jussie Smollett who was accused of filing false reports of a hate crime against him. The incident at the center of the case happened in 2019 when ...

Jussie Smollett’s hate crime hoax case has taken yet another sharp and surprising turn. The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the Empire actor’s conviction on charges that he staged a homophobic and ...

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Jussie Smollett is reflecting on his “darkest day” — the day he was arrested — five years after it happened. “That was a pretty dark day because that’s when everything clicked to me of what was ...