Jussie Smollett guilty of staging hate crime and lying about it
The “Empire” actor was found guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct but the jury acquitted him on one count.
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Smollett was found guilty on five counts, each a time he reported the attack to a Chicago police officer. Smollett was acquitted on the sixth count, which was for lying to Detective Robert Graves on Feb. 14, 2019 during the actor’s second interview with investigators.
I called bullshit on his claims from the start and took a lot of crap here as a result. The story never added up.
Everyone in Chicago knew he was full of crap. No one here walks around in MAGA hats. If they did, they'd have a much bigger chance of getting attacked than Jussie Smollett. He owes the city an apology. Plus, he tried to frame his friend, Abimbola Osundairothe, the guy he asked to stage the attack. What a jerk.
He is appealing the verdict. His appeal will be as embarrassing for him as this trial was. And the worst part is that he undermined people who actually experience hate crimes.