03-09-2019, 07:11 PM
Update on Jussie Smollett:
"potentially not spend time in prison".
I wonder if that would be the same end result if he wasn't black, or a "movie star"? You know the answer!
Read the full article: Jussie Smollett update: 'Empire' actor indicted on 16 felony counts by grand jury
Quote:CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Cook County grand jury has returned a 16-count indictment against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.
The Cook County State's Attorney's Office confirmed the indictment, which they said was returned by a grand jury on Thursday.
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Smollett was originally charged with one felony count of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office on Feb. 20.
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Now the grand jury has returned 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report.
The TV actor claimed he was the victim of a vicious hate crime in the Streeterville neighborhood on Jan. 29. He said two men physically attacked him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs, threw a chemical liquid on him and looped a rope around his neck.
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The grand jury returned two separate sets of charges, one of each lie Smollett allegedly told. The first set are related to what Smollett told officers about the alleged attack, including that the attackers called him racial and homophobic slurs, struck him with their hands, put a noose around his neck, and poured some sort of chemical substance on him.
The second set of charges are related to the second interview Smollett had with police about the alleged attack later that day, saying the men attacked him from behind and he fell to the ground, at which point the men continued kicking him. Smollett also told police on this occasion that one of his attackers was white.
The two sets of charges correspond to two sets of police officers Smollett allegedly lied to.
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A charge of felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report carries a possible sentence of probation to three years. Smollett already pleaded not guilty to the first disorderly conduct charge. He was taken into custody and posted $100,000 bond to be freed.
Experts believe it is likely he will strike a plea deal and potentially not spend time in prison.
"potentially not spend time in prison".
I wonder if that would be the same end result if he wasn't black, or a "movie star"? You know the answer!
Read the full article: Jussie Smollett update: 'Empire' actor indicted on 16 felony counts by grand jury