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Jussie Smollett (born June 21, 1982) is an American actor and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1987. His movies include The Mighty Ducks (1992) and Rob Reiner's North (1994).
Smollett released his first extended play album, The Poisoned Hearts Club in 2012.
Smollett was born in Santa Rosa, California. Some sources say he was born in 1982. Others say he was born in 1983.
Smollett was charged on February 20, 2019 for disorderly conduct. Authorities took him to court, for an incident that is well known for being a hoax.
He paid two men to attack him while making it look like a hate crime, and then lied to the police that he was the victim of a hate crime. On March 26, 2019, Smollett's defense team reached a deal with prosecutors. They agreed to drop all charges. Smollett agreed to perform community service and lose the money he paid for his bail. In December 2021, Smollett was convicted of five felony counts of disorderly conduct, and he was sentenced in March 2022 to 150 days in county jail. The 150-day sentence is not final, yet (as of March 2023).
Jussie Smollett, one-time star of the TV drama Empire, was found guilty on Thursday of staging a hate crime against himself in what prosecutors said was a bid to gain sympathy and boost his career. Prosecutors said Smollett, who is Black and gay, lied to police when he told them that he was accosted on a dark Chicago street by two masked strangers in January 2019... The Cook County Circuit Court jury, which deliberated for nine hours, found Smollett, 39, guilty of five of the six felony disorderly conduct counts he faced, one for each time he was accused of lying to police.
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