Juror in Jussie Smollett’s trial says they were doing him ‘a favor’ by not convicting him on 6th count

A juror in Jussie Smollett’s trial explained that they believed they were doing the former “Empire” star a “favor” by convicting him on all but one of the charges against him.

According to a female juror who spoke anonymously with The Chicago-Sun Times, the biggest point of contention among the jury had to do with why the sixth count was different from the other five. She explained that count had to do with a second interview about the incident that Smollett did with detectives on Feb. 14, 2019 when he reported that he was the victim of an aggravated battery. Meanwhile, the other five counts were specifically about whether or not he lied about a hate crime. 

"We all thought we were doing Jussie a favor," the juror said.