JUSSIE SMOLLETT TRIAL: The defense rested its case in the trial of Jussie Smollett, who is accused of staging a fake hate crime attack, with closing arguments one day away. Alex Perez is in Chicago where Smollett testified to jurors “there was no hoax.” https://abcn.ws/3dwDTO2 | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

21K views · 614 reactions | Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in the Cook County Jail for fabricating a hate crime and was taken away to the Cook County Jail on the spot. He again yelled, “I am not suicidal!” and insisted he is innocent. Live updates: https://cbsn.ws/3pWQ6C1 | CBS Chicago | Facebook

22K views · 281 reactions | Jussie Smollett walks with his family arm-in-arm through the courthouse to sentencing. Live updates: https://cbsn.ws/3pWQ6C1 | CBS Chicago | Facebook

HATE CRIME INVESTIGATION: Authorities in Chicago have launched a possible hate crime investigation after actor Jussie Smollett, star of the hit TV show “Empire,” told police he was brutally attacked by two men in ski masks who allegedly shouted racial and homophobic slurs, poured a chemical on him and put a rope around his neck. Steve Osunsami reports. https://abcn.ws/2GaWqA2 | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

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