Jussie Smollett sentencing: Ex-'Empire' actor gets 150 days in jail for hate crime hoax

Former 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett received 30-months probation Thursday, and the first 150 days must be spent in Cook County Jail for staging a racist and homophobic attack and lying to Chicago police in 2019.

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