Smollett is charged with six counts of disorderly conduct for filing false police reports and faces up to three years in prison.
The defense for Jussie Smollett rested on Tuesday after the embattled actor said that the disputed attack on him in 2019 was “no hoax.” Closing arguments in the case will be given in court on Wednesday morning. The jury will then receive its instructions and begin deliberations. Smollett is charged with six counts of disorderly conduct for filing false police reports, all of which he has pleaded not guilty to, having maintained his innocence throughout his prolonged legal battle. If found guilty, the former Empire star faces up to three years in prison. On Monday and Tuesday, Smollett,39, took the stand to speak in his own defense. He stuck to his account of the alleged attack, expressed distrust for the police, and called the prosecution’s key witnesses “liars.
