The former «Empire» actor was found guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct for staging a hate crime against himself back in 2019.
The jury in the trial of Jussie Smollett has found the Mighty Ducks actor guilty of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself back in 2019. He was found guilty of five of the six charges that he lied to police about being the target of a hate crime. The former Empire actor originally claimed that two men had attacked him in January 2019 near his home in Chicago. The attack allegedly entailed the use of racial epithets and also tying a noose around his neck. However, an investigation by the Chicago police found several holes in Smollett’s account and prosecutors accused the actor of paying the pair of men to attack him. Smollett was later charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly staging the crime.
