Is Jussie Smollett suffering from mental illness? For lying to cops in a hate crime hoax, the Empire star was condemned to 150 days in prison.
Jussie Smollett, the actor who was accused of staging a hate crime and filing false police reports about it, was sentenced Thursday evening in a Chicago courtroom.
Similarly, Smollett claimed that he was attacked by two persons in the 300 block of East Lower North Water Street in January of this year. He said the attackers screamed racist and homophobic obscenities at him, threw bleach on him, and tied him up with a rope.
In contrast, he was charged with staging the incident by bribing two brothers who worked as extras on the TV program “Empire.” The city of Chicago has also filed a lawsuit against the actor in order to recuperate expenditures paid during the investigation.
Does Jussie Smollett Have A Mental Illness?
There appears to be no confirmed information on Jussie Smollett’s mental health and sickness on the internet.
According to Time, a spokeswoman for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said Smollett will undergo a normal medical, mental health, and security examination.
Jussie Smollett, who was found guilty on five of the six charges of felony riotous conduct, will now have to pay a $25,000 fine as well as reimbursement to the city of Chicago for expenditures expended in the investigation of the staged assault, reportedly.
Reportedly, Judge James Linn had the option of sending Smollett to jail for up to 3 years on each of the five charges he faced but rather chose to condemn him to 150 days in the Cook County Jail.
Jussie Smollett verdict: Recent Hoax Story
As per reports, Cook County Judge James Linn denied the defense’s motion to reverse the jury’s verdict on legal standing before the sentencing section of the hearing began. Such petitions are rarely granted by judges.
Likewise, Smollett was facing up to three years in jail for each of the five felony charges of disorderly behavior he was acquitted on, including the allegation of lying to police. On the sixth count, he was found not guilty.
However, experts did not expect Smollett to be sentenced to prison since he does not have a lengthy criminal history and the conviction is for a low-level nonviolent offense.
Furthermore, the sentence on Thursday might be the concluding chapter in a criminal case that grabbed international news after Smollett alleged to police that two men wearing ski masks beat him up and yelled racist and homophobic comments at him before fleeing on a dark Chicago street.