Unlike in a criminal court that presumes innocence absent actual evidence, most cases brought in the court of public opinion ...

The Illinois Supreme Court has thrown out former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for lying about a 2019 hate crime. Smollett was found guilty in 2021 of faking a racist and homophobic ...

The brothers who helped Jussie Smollett stage an elaborate hoax in ... What shocks Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo is that the actor still won’t own up to what he did. “We were taken back ...

The second brother accused of conspiring with former Empire star Jussie Smollett to stage a racist ... also to curry favor” with the successful actor, who might have been able to help him ...

Jussie Is Innocent' 'Empire' Star Jussie Smollett Sentenced to 150 Days in County Jail for Staging Hate Crime, Lying to Authorities 'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett Found Guilty of Staging Hate ...

More than two years after actor Jussie Smollett was accused of faking a hate crime against himself, both the prosecution and defense focused on the credibility of the brothers who claimed they were ...

Actor Jussie Smollett, right, departs with his mother Janet from the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, after jurors began deliberations in his disorderly conduct ...

Jussie Smollett's legal team is being sued for defamation by two brothers who say they continue to be accused of carrying out a racist and homophobic attack against the actor. Police say the ...

The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday overturned the 2021 felony conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, ruling he should not have been prosecuted a second time after the charges against him had been ...

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In January 2019, actor Jussie Smollett told police he had been the victim of a hate crime. His account of what happened that night has been disputed, resulting in a messy, public legal battle with ...

Illinois appeals court affirms actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions and sentencing An appeals court has upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of ...