CHICAGO (AP) Jussie Smollett's lawyers told an Illinois appellate court Tuesday it should toss the former “Empire” actor’s convictions for staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police, arguin
CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) An Illinois appeals court will hear oral arguments seeking to toss out convictions against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett for staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in Chicago in 2019. Smollett is appealing the convictions in order to avoid a 150 day imprisonment that was ordered by a judge in […]
CHICAGO — Jussie Smollett’s lawyers told an Illinois appellate court Tuesday it should toss the former “Empire” actor’s convictions for staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police, arguing that anger over the case led to properly dismissed charges being improperly
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Illinois Appellate Court judges on Tuesday fired questions at lawyers for Jussie Smollett about the 2019 hearing during which Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against him, spurring at the time a firestorm of controversy as well as the eventual appointment of a special prosecutor. The substance of that hearing, and whether it constituted an agreement with Smollett, is central to the .