Jussie Smollett made headlines in 2019 after he claimed to the Chicago police that he was the sufferer of a homophobic and racist assault.
Investigators looked for the perpetrators of what was initially described as a “attainable hate crime” earlier than finally accusing the actor of staging his personal assault.
A serious growth within the case got here that very same month, when police arrested two attainable suspects, however they have been launched quickly after with out costs. A number of stories later surfaced accusing the actor of staging the assault with the assistance of Abimbola “Bola” Osundairo and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo, which he repeatedly and vehemently denied.
He was charged later that month with felony disorderly conduct for making a false police report. The subsequent morning, he was arrested. He was subsequently charged with 16 felony counts. In March 2019, prosecutors dropped the fees.
Practically a yr later a particular prosecutor Dan Webb indicted Smollett once more, renewing the divisive case. The February 2020 indictment in opposition to Smollett said that he “knew on the time” that there was no crime when he reported to the police that he had been assaulted.
In December 2021, Smollett took the stand the place he defined that the assault was “no hoax.” That very same month, Smollett was discovered responsible of 5 felony counts of disorderly conduct.
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