The Illinois Supreme Court overturning Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a hate crime against himself isn't proof of innocence, the case's prosecutor said.

Actor Jussie Smollett’s defense attorney, Nenya Uche, speaks to the media at 4 p.m. ET on Nov. 21 about his client’s conviction being overturned.

After being convicted in 2021, Empire star Jussie Smolletts charges were reversed by the Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Supreme Court […]

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s felony conviction for orchestrating a fake hate crime, finding that his prosecution violated due process because it ran afoul of a nonprosecution deal he entered into in an earlier, related case. In a Nov. 21 opinion, the high court decided to reverse Smollett’s 2021 […]

The former 'Empire' actor has been on a legal rollercoaster after he claimed in 2019 that he was attacked in Chicago by two Black men who hurled homophobic slurs at him and yelled, This is MAGA country."

Smollett had appealed his case for years even after he was convicted on five counts of disorderly conduct and sentenced to 150 days.

At the time, Jussie Smollett claimed two men assaulted him, spouted racial and homophobic slurs and tossed a noose around his neck.

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The court overturned the case based on the procedural issue of a due process violation during the years of high-profile legal wrangling.

Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett has had his conviction for lying about a fake racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago thrown out by the Illinois Supreme Court.

Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett has had his conviction for lying about a fake racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago thrown out by the Illinois Supreme Court.

Jussie Smollett’s 2021 conviction over his alleged fake assault on the streets of Chicago is now behind the Empire actor. In a somewhat surprising ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the legal consequences Smollett suffered due to the high profile incident. We are aware that this case has generated significant public interest and that many […]

Jussie Smollett’s conviction in an alleged hate crime hoax was overturned on Thursday by the Illinois Supreme Court. The “Empire” actor was convicted in December 2021 of five felony counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself and was sentenced the following year to 150 days in county jail. In December […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smolletts conviction on allegations that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police.

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The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the conviction of disgraced actor Jussie Smollett who was found guilty of filing a false police report in 2019 after claiming he was the victim of a hate crime. The court overturned the ruling because it said he was unjustly prosecuted a second time after he was given ...

Smollett appealed the decision, arguing that the special prosecutor should not have been able to intervene in the case after the Cook County states attorney had dropped the charges again him, according to the Associated Press.