CHICAGO -- Jussie Smollett spent his first night behind bars after a judge sentenced him to five months for faking a racist and homophobic attack. Thursday's sentencing hearing ended dramatically as ...

The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed Jussie Smollett's hoax conviction after it was found that there was a "violation of due process" thanks to a special prosecutor's attempt to retry the actor. In ...

In a stunning ruling Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the conviction of actor Jussie Smollett for an alleged hoax hate crime, a move that will spare the former “Empire” star a ...

Jussie Smollett recently reflected on his "darkest day"—his arrest five years ago for allegedly staging a hate crime. Despite facing multiple felony charges and a conviction for disorderly conduct, ...

The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the conviction of Jussie Smollett who was accused of filing false reports of a hate crime against him. The incident at the center of the case happened in 2019 when ...

Jussie Smollett is reflecting on his “darkest day” — the day he was arrested — five years after it happened. “That was a pretty dark day because that’s when everything clicked to me of what was ...