Actor Jussie Smollett Found Guilty In Hate Crime Hoax

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🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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A verdict has been reached in the trial of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. Smollett was found guilty Thursday on five of six felony counts of disorderly conduct for making a false report to Chicago police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019. Cook County Judge James Linn will have discretion in imposing a concurrent or consecutive sentence for each count at a later date. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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