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Mar 11 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in county jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that a jury concluded the actor had staged himself. Smollett was also ordered on Thursday to pay $120K restitution.

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The ruling is the latest chapter in a story that began when Smollett said he was walking in Chicago early one morning of January 2019 when two men attacked him. Smollett ultimately became a suspect and police later arrested him for lying to officers.

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Cook County Judge James Linn sentenced Smollett to 30 months of felony probation, including 150 days in the county jail, and denied a request to suspend Smollett's sentence and ordered he be placed in custody immediately.

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Smollett testified that he was the victim of a hate crime, but he was convicted of five counts of disorderly conduct — the charge that is filed for lying to police. Prosecutors presented evidence that Smollett hired and paid two men to stage the attack.

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Judge Linn excoriated Smollett prior to delivering his sentencing decision and pronounced himself astounded by Smollett’s actions given the actor’s multiracial family background and history working on behalf of social justice organizations.

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Smollett loudly declared innocence after the sentence. “I am innocent. I could have said I am guilty a long time ago,” Smollett shouted as sheriff’s deputies led him out of the courtroom.

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The case against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has taken numerous turns since the day in January 2019 when he told police he was attacked by two men as he walked home from a Subway sandwich shop in downtown Chicago.

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