
Jussie Smollett files appeal argument in hate crime hoax conviction
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Jussie Smollett's legal team filed their appeal brief, detailing their argument against his hate crime hoax trial verdict. The "Empire" actor was found guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct in 2021.
A jury found Smollett guilty of five of the six charges of disorderly conduct against him following a nearly two-week trial in 2021.
Smollett, who is Black and gay, reported to Chicago police that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by two men wearing ski masks in January 2019. The manhunt for the attackers soon turned into an investigation of Smollett and his arrest on charges that he’d orchestrated the attack and lied to police about it.
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