Actor Jussie Smollett has been sent to prison over his 2019 assault hoax. The actor was found guilty of lying to police about the racist and homophobic attack that the former Empire actor had staged himself. Cook County judge James Linn sentenced the actor to 30 months of felony probation including 150 days in the […]
Former Empire star Jussie Smollett has been found guilty of staging a fake attack on himself in Chicago in January 2019. Smollett’s two alleged attackers revealed in court they had been recruited by Smollett, and told to assault him, shout homophobic and racist slurs and place a noose around his neck. Smollett was found guilty on […]
Prosecutors in Chicago have dropped all charges against US actor Jussie Smollett. The Empire star had been charged with sixteen felony accounts making a false police report over a homophobic and racist attack he reported in January. The actor was facing up to three years in prison but now all charges have been dropped. The actor reported […]
Actor Jussie Smollett has been charged by Chicago police for filing a false report over an alleged attack last month. The Empire star received a wave of community and celebrity support in January after he claimed to have been attacked, burned with chemicals and had a rope tied around his neck by two men shouting “This […]
This month it’s 20 years since comedian Ellen DeGeneres came out. The ground-breaking declaration saw Ellen appearing on the cover of TIME magazine and doing an interview on the Oprah Winfrey show. At the same time Ellen Morgan, the character DeGeneres played on her sitcom Ellen, also came out to her friends and colleagues. The […]
Jussie Smollett is an actor best known for playing aspiring musician Jamal Lyon in the TV series ‘Empire’, which follows the story of hip hop and entertainment company ‘Empire Enterprises’ and its founding family. Smollett’s sexuality has been subject to public speculation since it was revealed his character on ‘Empire’ is gay. His portrayal of […]
