Empire actor Jussie Smollett guilty on five counts of felony disorderly conduct

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CHICAGO — Jussie Smollett was convicted Thursday of staging a hate crime nearly three years after he claimed two Trump-loving bigots beat him up, tied a noose around his neck and doused him in bleach in a misbegotten bid to raise his public profile.

Twelve jurors in Chicago criminal court found the disgraced actor guilty of five of six counts of felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report following testimony from 13 witnesses and more than nine hours of deliberation.

As the jurors read out the verdict, Smollett, 39, stood huddled with his attorneys and kept his eyes trained on the panelists, remaining stoic as a phalanx of family members, who watched the eight-day trial from the front row of the gallery, sat frozen.

Smollett's attorney says he "respectfully disagrees" with the verdict and will appeal"

Special prosecutor calls the jury's verdict a "resounding message"
Special prosecutor Dan Webb held a news conference following the five guilty verdicts against Jussie Smollett, calling the jury's decision "a resounding message."

"That verdict was a resounding message by the jury that, in fact, Mr. Smollett did exactly what we said he did," Webb said.
The former "Empire" actor was found guilty on five counts of felony disorderly conduct for making false reports to police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019.

Smollett was acquitted on one count of felony disorderly conduct.

Smollett took the stand and testified before the Chicago jury that he never lied to police and denied orchestrating the attack on himself.

Prosecutors sought to show that the actor made false reports to police after paying Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo to carry out a staged hate crime attack against him to garner sympathetic media coverage.

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