The lone Black member of the Jussie Smollett jury says he found the actor’s behavior bizarre and agreed with the outcome of the case, WLS-TV reports. Andre Hope, 63, of Bellwood, Illinois, told the television station that the evidence against Smollett was crushing. Smollett was convicted on Thursday on five of six counts of lying …
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett became combative during his trial on Tuesday after prosecutors drilled him about private Instagram conversations he had with the man who supposedly attacked him. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Smollett was charged with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly staging a hate crime targeting himself in Chicago, then reporting it to police. At …
Actor Jussie Smollett’s Chicago trial on charges that he faked a hate crime attack on himself has begun. 39-year-old Smollett was starring in the television show “Empire” when he claimed he was attacked by two men who hurled racial and homophobic slurs at him. They also left a noose around his neck. Two brothers who …
Court proceedings are underway in the trial of Jussie Smollett, the “Empire” star accused of paying two brothers to stage what he claimed was a homophobic and racist attack. CBS Chicago reports that jury selection begins Moday in the high-profile trial. Smollett, now 39, is facing multiple charges in connection to the incident, in which …
