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JUSSIE SMOLLET’S DEFENSE PLANS TO APPEAL GUILTY VERDICT OF HATE CRIME HOAX: ‘JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL’
Friday, Dec 10, 2021
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – DECEMBER 08: Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building as the jury begins deliberation during his trial on December 8, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Smollett is accused of lying to police when he reported that two masked men physically attacked him, yelling racist and anti-gay remarks near his Chicago home in 2019. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

 

After two days of deliberation, a Chicago jury found former Empire star Jussie Smollet guilty on five out of six disorderly conduct charges for falsely reporting himself as a victim of a hate crime. However, his legal team says it’s not over. Smollett’s attorney, Nenye Uche, “respectfully disagrees” with yesterday’s verdict and is “100% confident” that it “will be reversed on appeal,” CNN reports.

“At the end of the day, we believe justice will prevail. We don’t believe it was done today but we’re very confident that he will be cleared and he will be found to be innocent.”

Being guilty of five disorderly conduct charges—which are Class 4 felonies—could land Jussie in prison for up to 3 years with a $25,000 fine. The next step in the case will determine Jussie’s punishment, which is in the hand’s Cook County Judge James Linn. Jussie’s legal team will have the opportunity to appeal at that time.

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