Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in prison for fake hate crime
'Empire' actor #JussieSmollett was sentenced to 5 months in jail for staging a racist and homophobic attack.https://t.co/6pY8JFT9tQ
- USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 11, 2022
At his sentencing today, Jussie Smollett was sentenced to serve 150 days in jail, in conjunction with a 30-month felony probation. The judge also ordered Smollett to pay $120,000 to the Chicago police in addition to a maximum fine of $26,000 after he was convicted of lying to police about the attack in 2019 that he was found to have orchestrated himself.
Smollett shouted "I am innocent. I could have said I am guilty a long time ago," Smollett as he was led from the courtroom.
Jussie Smollett after the sentencing: “I am not suicidal. If anything happens to me when I go in there, you must all know that.” pic.twitter.com/xe2wYpQJ4O
- philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 11, 2022
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