Jussie Smollett’s legal team is following through with that appeal. Jussie is now asking for a new trial because he disapproved of the jury selection. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Jussie’s defense team wants the judge to overturn the guilty verdict or give him a new trial. The …

Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett will finally learn his fate after being found guilty of faking a hate crime. The former “Empire” star will be sentenced on March 10th after being found guilty on five counts of felony disorderly conduct for making false reports, claiming that he was the victim of …

A Chicago police chief is coming forward about Jussie Smollett‘s staged hate crime hoax and how he wanted him to simply apologize. Eddie Johnson, the Chicago Police Department Chief in 2019, told “Morning in America” the full story about wanting the actor to apologize. He said, “I want people to …

Don Lemon is calling his friend Jussie Smollett a liar after he was found guilty of staging a fake hate crime. Last night, during a segment on his show with legal analyst Joey Jackson, Lemon reviewed the actor’s guilty conviction. Lemon said that in order for Smollett to explain his …

Jussie Smollett was just found guilty in his hate crime hoax trial stemming from the 2019 incident where he was accused of staging a fake attack against himself and then lying to Chicago police about it. Jurors found the “Empire” star guilty of five of the six felony accounts against …

Don Lemon is facing criticism for failing to mention his connection to Jussie Smollet, who is currently on trial for allegedly lying to police about being the victim of a hate crime. While covering the actor’s trial Monday night, the CNN news anchor failed to mention that he was the one …

As the trial of Jussie Smollett progresses, we now know that the actor was in regular contact with one of the brothers who allegedly assisted him in staging his attack hours before he reported it. On Tuesday, Instagram messages were presented in court between Smollett and Abimbola Osundairo. The two …

Jussie Smollett has taken the witness stand in his defense against charges that he arranged a phony hate crime against himself on the night of January 2019. Jussie Smollett, who was accused of lying to police about an alleged hate crime, has been called to the stand to testify his …

Jussie Smollett’s defense team let out a brutal cross-examination against the prosecution’s star witness on Thursday. The witness claimed the pair were dating, had masturbated together at a gay bathhouse, and the attack was fueled by a desire to be the actor’s security guard.  Abimbola Osundairo, 28, testified on the …

As the third day of Jussie Smollett’s trial got underway on Wednesday, one of the men that allegedly help stage the attack against the “Empire” actor took the stand, testifying for the state.  Abimbola “Bola” Osundairo, 28, testified that Smollett recruited him and his brother to carry out a staged hate …

New details submerge in the Jussie Smollett trial. One black person was selected for the jury on the Jussie Smollett trial which doesn’t reflect the racial makeup of the case. The jury has six men and six women. Jussie Smollett is currently on trial following a 2019 incident. He claims …

During Jussie Smollett’s trial in Chicago on Tuesday prosecutors say that the actor was recorded on surveillance camera completing a “dry run” a day before his purported hate crime attack. Prosecutors believe that the tape proves the actor staged the alleged attack on Jan. 29, 2019. According to Smollett’s lawyers, he …

More than two years after being accused by police of lying about being a victim of a hate crime, Jussie Smollett’s trial is set to begin. In January 2019, the former “Empire” actor claimed that two men hit him, yelled anti-gay and racial slurs, threw a noose around his neck, and …

Jussie Smollett will have to go to trial after asking a judge to dismiss his criminal case. The dismissal is the latest update in Smollett’s drama stemming from his highly publicized hoax. If you recall, the actor claimed that two white men attacked him in January 2019 in downtown Chicago. …

 Written By @cabbagepatchgrl According to a motion released on Tuesday, Jussie Smollett has yet again asked for the Chicago court to dismiss all charges against him. Smollett’s Legal team filed a motion on September 9, in which they argue that his indictment was based on “illegal and incompetent evidence” that …

On Wednesday, former Empire star Jussie Smollett made an appearance on author and activist Marc Lamont Hill’s Instagram Live to once again claim his innocence regarding the current criminal case against him by the city of Chicago. Smollett is accused of staging a hate crime against himself in the earlier …

Dan Webb, the special prosecutor assigned to re-investigate the Jussie Smollett case, announced on Monday that Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx reportedly engaged in “substantial abuses” in her handling of the situation. Shortly after Smollett informed the police that he became a victim of a vicious hate crime in …

During an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Jessie Smollett’s sister, Jurnee Smollett, addressed her brother’s 2019 controversy for the first time. The 33-year-old actress touched base on how her family has been affected by the accusation that her brother staged a hate crime against himself in Chicago last year. In …

The men who claim they were paid to attack Jussie Smollett have declined to testify against him because police have refused to return their property. Brothers Abel Osundario and Ola Osundario say Empire’s Smollett paid them $3,500 to stage a racist and homophobic attack on the actor back in 2019. …

Actor Jussie Smollett used the recent protests demanding justice and police reform after the unjustified death of George Floyd, to demand more clarity in his own criminal case, according Page Six. In court docs obtained by Fox News, the former Empire actor is demanding answers, particularly pertaining to Chicago’s former …