Mozzaro A complete timeline from actor’s 2024 arrest to jail tiJussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail, and ordered to pay a fine of $145,000 (£110,000) for lying to the police about being the victim of a hate crime.
The hoax incident took place in Chicago, in 2019.
He was found guilty of five charges in December 2021, over his false reports of being attacked.
After being sentenced in March 2022, he said “I did not do this,” and shouted “I am not suicidal” repeatedly in court.Chicago police say they’re investigating a suspected racist and homophobic attack of Jussie Smollett by two masked men which happened at about 2am.
They say the actor was punched in the face, had an “unknown chemical substance” poured on him and a rope wrapped around his neck.
Jussie Smollett tells police the two attackers also made reference to MAGA (make America great again) – the slogan often used by President Donald Trump and his supporters.
He goes to a doctor and police describe his condition as “good”.
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