Last night.
Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Via NPR
Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail after he was convicted in 2021 on five felony counts of lying to the police.
In January 2019, Smollett, who is Black and gay, said he had been a victim of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago, though evidence presented in court revealed he staged the attack and then told a false story to law enforcement.
Smollett is sentenced to a total of 30 months of felony probation, in which he will be allowed to travel. He also must pay a fine of $25,000 and more than $120,000 in retribution to the city of Chicago.
“I’m not suicidal, I am innocent. I did not do it, your honor,” Smollett said after the sentence was handed down by Judge James Linn.
Jussie Smollett will serve 150 days in jail for lying about an attack on him (NPR)
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