Smollett was found guilty of five out of the six disorderly conduct charges
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On Thursday, December 9, 2021, a jury found actor Jussie Smollett guilty of five out of the six charges of disorderly conduct that he faced for lying to the Chicago Police Department about being attacked back in 2019. According to AP News, disorderly conduct is a class four felony and typically comes with a prison sentence of three or more years. However, legal experts have estimated that Smollett will not face any jail time, and, instead, will likely be placed on probation and made to perform some form of community service.
At the conclusion of the trial, prosecutors were more than happy to hear that Smollett would be punished for what he had done. “To outright denigrate something as serious, as heinous, as a real hate crime, to denigrate it and then make sure it involved words and symbols that have such horrible historical significance in our country was just plain wrong to do it and he did,” special prosecutor Dan Webb said, according to the New York Post. Smollett, who has maintained his innocence since being charged for the first time in February 2019, took to the witness stand during the trial. While on the stand, Smollett insisted that he did not fake the hate crime. “It’s pretty disappointing, what happened,” Smollett’s defense attorney, Nenye Uche, told reporters at the courthouse, per CNN. “But we remain confident that we’re gonna come back and he’s going to be vindicated.” A post-trial hearing is set for January 2022.
Here’s What We Know About The Jussie Smollett Trial Verdict
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By Ashley Moor/Dec. 10, 2021 4:24 pm EST
Smollett was found guilty of five out of the six disorderly conduct charges
Tinseltown/Shutterstock
On Thursday, December 9, 2021, a jury found actor Jussie Smollett guilty of five out of the six charges of disorderly conduct that he faced for lying to the Chicago Police Department about being attacked back in 2019. According to AP News, disorderly conduct is a class four felony and typically comes with a prison sentence of three or more years. However, legal experts have estimated that Smollett will not face any jail time, and, instead, will likely be placed on probation and made to perform some form of community service.
At the conclusion of the trial, prosecutors were more than happy to hear that Smollett would be punished for what he had done. “To outright denigrate something as serious, as heinous, as a real hate crime, to denigrate it and then make sure it involved words and symbols that have such horrible historical significance in our country was just plain wrong to do it and he did,” special prosecutor Dan Webb said, according to the New York Post. Smollett, who has maintained his innocence since being charged for the first time in February 2019, took to the witness stand during the trial. While on the stand, Smollett insisted that he did not fake the hate crime. “It’s pretty disappointing, what happened,” Smollett’s defense attorney, Nenye Uche, told reporters at the courthouse, per CNN. “But we remain confident that we’re gonna come back and he’s going to be vindicated.” A post-trial hearing is set for January 2022.
At the conclusion of the trial, prosecutors were more than happy to hear that Smollett would be punished for what he had done. “To outright denigrate something as serious, as heinous, as a real hate crime, to denigrate it and then make sure it involved words and symbols that have such horrible historical significance in our country was just plain wrong to do it and he did,” special prosecutor Dan Webb said, according to the New York Post.
Smollett, who has maintained his innocence since being charged for the first time in February 2019, took to the witness stand during the trial. While on the stand, Smollett insisted that he did not fake the hate crime. “It’s pretty disappointing, what happened,” Smollett’s defense attorney, Nenye Uche, told reporters at the courthouse, per CNN. “But we remain confident that we’re gonna come back and he’s going to be vindicated.” A post-trial hearing is set for January 2022.
