After an emotional day of testimony on both sides, actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail in connection to a staged hate crime that…
Highlights
- Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail in connection to a staged hate crime.
- He was also ordered to pay more than $120,000 in restitution to the city of Chicago.
- Judge James Linn said that the incident’s “extreme premeditation” was an aggravating factor in the case.
- Linn rejected a motion from the defense to overturn the verdict on Thursday.
- The actor was convicted of lying to police about the staged attack, which he hired two brothers to help him undertake near his Streeterville apartment in January 2019.
- The judge said that he believed he faked the crime to “make yourself more famous”