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Jussie Smollett is angered and devastated by recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with,” according to a statement from Smollett’s lawyers. “He has now been ...
The Cook County State’s Attorney stands by the way her office has treated the controversial Jussie Smollett ... in touch with a member of Smollett’s family by lawyer Tina Tchen, a former ...
Two brothers involved in Jussie Smollett’s Chicago alleged hate-crime hoax sued the “Empire” actor’s lawyers on Tuesday, accusing them of defamation for insisting they had “criminally ...
Jussie Smollett ‘Feels Betrayed by a System That Wants to Skip Due Process’: Attorneys In a bond proffer, prosecutors allege Smollett wrote a $3,500 personal check to brothers Olabinjo “Ola ...
A 2019 decision by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to drop charges against Jussie Smollett was cited by the Illinois Supreme Court as its reason for throwing out Smollett’s 2021 conviction.
The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, who was found guilty of falsely reporting a 2019 hate crime, after he argued that the State's second prosecution was a ...