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CHICAGO, IL — (12-09-21) — Jurors have reached a verdict in Jussie Smollett’s trial for allegedly orchestrating and reporting a fake hate crime on himself. The jury found the 39 year-old actor guilty on 5 of the 6 counts charged with. The panel of 6 men and 6 women deliberated for more than 9 hours [...]
CHICAGO, IL — (02-11-20) — Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett indicted by a special prosecutor in Chicago on Tuesday. A statement released by the Cook County District Attorney's office said the following: "A Cook County grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Jussie Smollett with making four separate false reports to Chicago Police Department officers [...]
CHICAGO — (03-26-19) — All charges have been dropped against Jussie Smollet. In a stunning move on Tuesday morning, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against the former “Empire” actor. Jussie Smollett was accused of staging a hate crime attack in the city’s downtown in January. “After reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of [...]
CHICAGO, IL — (03-08-19) — "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted on 16 felony counts by a grand jury in Chicago, after allegedly lying to police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime. The indictment was announced Friday, March 8. Jussie Smollett was charged last month with felony disorderly conduct [...]
CHICAGO — (02-20-19) — On Wednesday, Jussie Smollett was charged with disorderly conduct for filing a false report about an attack that he claimed was a hate crime. The charge, announced by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, comes just hours after the Chicago Police Department announced Smollett was a suspect in the case. We [...]
CHICAGO — (02-17-19) — FOX TV's Empire actor Jussie Smollett's alleged homophobic assault is falling apart as Nigerian brothers in Smollett investigation, say the actor paid $7,000 to stage attack. According to Chicago PD sources, they have discovered new evidence in the case to suggest Jussie Smollett orchestrated the attack or, knew of the attack [...]
NEW YORK — (02-14-19) — Openly gay actor Jussie Smollett of the hit FOX TV show, "Empire", spoke with Robin Roberts in first interview since his hate crime attack back on January 29, 2019. The actor, songwriter and singer, spoke to ABC News' Robin Roberts in what is being investigated as a possible hate crime [...]
CHICAGO – (01-29-19) — During the homophobic hate crime attack on Jussie Smollett, one of the suspects wrapped a rope around the actor's neck. Empire star Jussie Smollett was assaulted early Tuesday morning in what Chicago police are calling a hate crime, authorities confirmed to JRL CHARTS. According to Chicago PD, the 36-year-old actor was [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA — (10-01-18) — Empire star Jussie Smollett is the new face of a new effort to save LGBTQ youth lives across the U.S. The 'Empire' actor and singer, has teamed up with the Trevor Project. A well-known LGBTQ advocacy group that has just launched its “How to Save a Life” campaign. Jussie [...]
LAS VEGAS — (08-25-22) — Lou (2022) is the upcoming action thriller film starring Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green and Allison Janney, in a story about a storm that rages. A young girl is kidnapped and her mother teams up with the mysterious woman next door to pursue the kidnapper. A journey that tests their limits [...]