“It’s like they’re hell-bent on not solving the crime” the former Empire actor sings on the track, which he posted to Instagram while he is free during his appeal.
In a new song, ex-“Empire” actor and felon Jussie Smollett — who is free while he appeals his conviction for falsely reporting he was the victim of a hate crime — again proclaims his innocence, declaring, “You think I’m stupid enough to kill my reputation?” The answer from jurors following Smollett’s eight-day trial last year and from the judge who gave the actor a serious scolding during his sentencing hearing last month would appear to be: “Yes.” Jurors convicted Smollett on Dec.8 on five of the six felony counts of disorderly conduct he faced. At his March 10 sentencing hearing, Judge James Linn issued a scathing rebuke of the actor, saying Smollett’s orchestration of the fake attack showed “astounding hypocrisy.” “Your very name is a verb for lying,” Linn told Smollett in court. “I can’t imagine anything worse than that.” Smollett immediately began proclaiming his innocence after Judge James Linn sentenced him to five months in the Cook County Jail on March 10, yelling “I did not do this… I am innocent.” The actor served less than a week of that sentence in jail before a three-judge appellate court panel ordered him released pending his appeal.
