Disgraced former actor Jussie Smollett is the focus on an upcoming docuseries, titled “Jussie Smollett: Anatomy of a Hoax,” which will drop this month on the Fox Nation channel.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 6:41 pm
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Actor Jussie Smollett’s criminal trial is set to begin today, nearly three years after prosecutors allege that he staged a racist and homophobic attack on himself.
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 10:18 am
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On Thursday, one of the attorneys defending Jussie Smollett claimed that the judge in the case, Judge James Linn, “lunged” at her in court, according to The New York Post. Smollett’s attorneys also asked the judge to declare a mistrial, which he denied.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 12:08 pm
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Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett became visibly irritated and testy with prosecution during his cross-examination Tuesday, leading Cook County Judge James Linn to admonish the actor for his behavior.
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 @ 4:05 am
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Black Lives Matter Stands By Accused Hate Crime Hoaxer Smollett: Trial A ‘White Supremacist Charade’A leader of far-left Black Lives Matter voiced support of accused hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett this week, claiming without evidence that his criminal trial was a “white supremacist charade” and that policing must be abolished because it is “an irredeemable institution.”
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2022 @ 12:44 pm
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Politicos are pressing CNN to fire Don Lemon over concerns about the host’s possible connection to “Empire” star Jussie Smollett’s allegedly orchestrated, anti-gay, anti-black hate crime hoax following testimony from the actor this week.
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 @ 4:22 pm
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Actor Jussie Smollett, now a convicted felon, is reportedly completely confident that an appeals court will overturn five felony convictions stemming from a hate crime hoax that he staged on himself back in 2019.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2022 @ 5:07 pm
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Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett became a convicted felon on Thursday evening after a jury found him guilty on 5 out of 6 felony disorderly conduct charges stemming from a hate crime hoax that he staged on himself in 2019.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2022 @ 4:36 pm
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The City of Chicago said last week that it will still go after convicted hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett, a felon, well over $100,000 in costs incurred by the city’s police department during their investigation into the hate crime that he staged on himself.
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2022 @ 1:36 am
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Convicted felon Jussie Smollett was ordered to be released from jail on Wednesday pending appeal of his 150-day sentence that went into effect last week for staging a hate crime hoax against himself and lying to law enforcement about it.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2022 @ 10:52 am
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Convicted hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett lashed out in court on Thursday after he was sentenced to 150 days in jail, 30 months on probation, and ordered to pay well over $100,000 in fines and restitution, declaring that he was innocent and that he was not suicidal.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 9:47 pm
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A judge on Friday denied former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s final attempt to get the charges against him dismissed, following accusations the actor lied to police about being the victim of a hate crime.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 10:34 am
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After about nine hours of deliberation, a jury has found former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett guilty on counts related to an apparent hate crime hoax he orchestrated in 2019.
Published: Monday, December 13th, 2021 @ 1:57 pm
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Smollett assailed the process on his way into a Chicago courtroom, maintaining his innocence
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2021 @ 5:43 pm
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The sister of disgraced “Empire” star Jussie Smollett is speaking out to defend him this week as many Americans continue to believe that he faked a hate crime against himself.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 @ 5:55 pm
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Key Witnesses in Jussie Smollett Case Reverse, Will Now Cooperate After ‘Intervention’ of ProsecutorAbel and Ola Osundairo briefly shook up the City of Chicago’s case against Jussie Smollett this week after announcing Wednesday that they were no longer willing to cooperate with investigators working on the high-profile “hoax hate crime” case.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2020 @ 3:58 pm
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Abel and Ola Osundairo are walking back promises made by their attorney that they would testify against actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly faking a hate crime last year.
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2020 @ 3:11 pm
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is vowing to “aggressively” hold embattled former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett “accountable” for the “total hoax” police say he orchestrated last year.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 11:51 am
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Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett appeared in a Chicago, Illinois, courtroom Monday morning, where he pleaded not guilty to six new charges of disorderly conduct and lying to police officers, leveled by a special prosecutor after months of investigation.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 8:44 am
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Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has filed a counterclaim against the city of Chicago in an ongoing lawsuit by the city seeking reinbursement for $130,000 in overtime spent by Chicago police investigating Smollett’s alleged hoax hate crime.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 6:48 pm
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Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett and his attorneys lost their bid, Tuesday, to toss out a civil case, filed by the city of Chicago seeking to recoup around $130,000 spent investigating Smollett’s alleged hoax hate crime.
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 @ 9:00 pm
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On Tuesday, the first episode of the Fox show’s final season aired with one character conspicuously missing. So how did the show’s creators choose to write Smollett off the show?
Published: Monday, September 30th, 2019 @ 7:46 am
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Jussie Smollett's PR team is now claiming that "every iota" of the disgraced actor's story about being a victim of a hate crime at the hands of MAGA Trump supporters is true despite overwhelming evidence alleging the contrary.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2019 @ 7:06 am
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The City of Chicago announced on Thursday, April 4, that it is filing a civil lawsuit against Jussie Smollett after the actor refused to reimburse the city for costs associated with the investigation of his alleged hate crime hoax.
Published: Friday, April 12th, 2019 @ 9:44 pm
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Tina Tchen, who was former First Lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff, has been in the news quite a bit lately, mostly for her role in getting charges dropped against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.
Published: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 @ 10:45 am
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This week, special counsel Robert Mueller released his long-awaited report on alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government to impact the 2016 election.
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 3:43 pm
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Kevin Graham, the president of the Chicago police union, sent a letter on March 15 to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting a federal investigation into Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, alleging that Foxx interfered in the police's investigation of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.
Published: Monday, April 1st, 2019 @ 7:41 am
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Tuesday morning, the Cook County State's Attorney's office announced that they'd dropped all 17 charges against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in an odd "plea deal," allowing Smollett to escape trial on accusations that he orchestrated a false hate crime against himself and lied to Chicago police in
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2019 @ 9:47 pm
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Donald Trump Jr. slammed actor Jussie Smollett over the weekend after news reports surfaced alleging that Smollett had orchestrated the January incident, in which he claimed he was attacked, on himself.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 9:44 am
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On January 29, 2019, Chicago Police opened a hate crime investigation into the alleged assault of Empire actor Jussie Smollett.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 10:39 pm
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